001    /**
002     * Copyright (C) 2010 The Roslin Institute <contact andy.law@roslin.ed.ac.uk>
003     *
004     * This file is part of the Ensembl Java API demonstration project developed by the
005     * Bioinformatics Group at The Roslin Institute, The Royal (Dick) School of
006     * Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh.
007     *
008     * This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
009     * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 3) as published by
010     * the Free Software Foundation.
011     *
012     * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
015     * GNU General Public License for more details.
016     *
017     * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
018     * in this software distribution. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html/>.
019     */
020    
021    package uk.ac.roslin.ensembl.config;
022    
023    import uk.ac.roslin.ensembl.model.ObjectType;
024    
025    /**
026     *
027     * @author paterson
028     */
029    public abstract class EnsemblType implements ObjectType{
030    
031        protected String label;
032    
033    
034        /**
035         * We often use the constants in a String context, so this routine allows
036         * us to do that easily
037         * @return The string 'label' of this  object
038         */
039    
040        @Override
041        public String toString() {
042            return label;
043        }
044    
045    }