Virtual collection (extension point)

Identifier

ru.biosoft.access.virtualCollection

Plugin

ru.biosoft.access

Since

0.9.3

Description

Virtual collection is root data collection which contains links to another collections. This can be useful for defining custom perspectives.

Configuration markup

<!ELEMENT folder (folder|link)*>
 <!ATTLIST folder
    name       CDATA    #REQUIRED
>

name

virtual folder name

<!ELEMENT link>
 <!ATTLIST link
    name       CDATA    #REQUIRED
    target     CDATA    #REQUIRED
>

name

link folder name

target

path to existing data collection in the tree.

Example

<extension id="GtrdCollection" point="ru.biosoft.access.virtualCollection">
   <folder name="GTRD">
      <link name="GTRD database" target="databases/GTRD"/>
      <link name="BSA analyses" target="analyses/Methods/BSA"/>
   </folder>
</extension>

This extension defines virtual collection "GTRD", which contains two links: "GTRD database" and "BSA analyses".