Class ITISBridge

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.natural.biology.loaders.itis.ITISBridge

public class ITISBridge
extends Object

Bridge for converting ITIS DTOs to core Episteme taxonomy objects.

ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) provides authoritative taxonomic data. This bridge converts parsed ITIS data to Episteme Species.

Architecture

ITIS API/XML → ITISReader → ITIS DTOs → ITISBridge → Core Objects
                                                      └── Species

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ITISBridge()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	buildHierarchy(List<Species> speciesList)	Builds parent-child relationships between Species based on ITIS TSN hierarchy.
Species	toSpecies(ITISTaxon itisTaxon)	Converts ITIS taxon record to Episteme Species.
List<Species>	toSpeciesList(List<ITISTaxon> taxa)	Converts multiple ITIS taxa to Species list.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ITISBridge

public ITISBridge()

Method Details

toSpecies

public Species toSpecies(ITISTaxon itisTaxon)

Converts ITIS taxon record to Episteme Species.

Parameters:

itisTaxon - the ITIS taxon record

Returns:

a fully populated Species object

toSpeciesList

public List<Species> toSpeciesList(List<ITISTaxon> taxa)

Converts multiple ITIS taxa to Species list.

Parameters:

taxa - list of ITIS taxon records

Returns:

list of Species objects

buildHierarchy

public void buildHierarchy(List<Species> speciesList)

Builds parent-child relationships between Species based on ITIS TSN hierarchy.

Parameters:

speciesList - list of Species with itis.tsn and itis.parent.tsn traits