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This document contains resources for people that want to extend BicAT by adding new features (or fixing bugs). Here we shortly describe the structure of the BicAT project. Detailed documentation is provided within the Javadoc (see the binaries distribution).
The project code is organized in a hierarchy of packages which reflects its logical structure, as follows:
| bicat | BicAT Tool package |
| bicat.gui | Contains the main class, BicatGui and the classes for the three visualization tabs |
| bicat.gui.window | Contains the classes to generate all the auxiliary dialogs |
| bicat.run_machine | Contains classes needed to start the separate threads for the bi/clustering algorithms |
| bicat.algorithms.opsm | Contains the OPSM implementation |
| bicat.algorithms.clustering | Contains the implementations of the two clustering methods, HCL and K-Means |
| bicat.preprocessor | Handles loading and preprocessing of the data |
| bicat.postprocessor | Handles the post-processing procedures (search, filter, gene pair analysis) |
| bicat.util | Contains utility code, used by other subpackages |
The class which contains the code to start the application is bicat.gui.BicatGui. This class also manages all processing, visualization and management procedures during the application run. In the Figure below you can see a scheme of the project organization (click on the Figure to enlarge).
Class bicat.gui.BicatGui is responsible for the GUI layout and event handling. Events are generated by either: 1) selection of nodes in the left handside tree, which trigger content updates in respective tabs (right), or 2) by choosing a command in the main menu bar, which usually triggers a procedure such as run an algorithm, load, preprocess, postprocess and export.
Visualization (Tree Selection Events)
By selecting nodes in the tree placed in the left handside part of the main window, the content represented in the three visualization tabs changes accordingly. Code that handles these events belongs to the valueChanged(TreeSelectionEvent event).
The three tabs of the right handside are implemented through PicturePane, GraphicPane and AnalysisPane classes (all in bicat.gui subpackage).
Processing (Menu Command Events)
In the method actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) all events associated with the menu bar of the main window are handled. Usually, a pressed button triggers the generation of an auxiliary dialog which asks the user for the parameters needed to execute a certain task.
In general, auxiliary dialogs generated are all classes placed in a subpackage bicat.gui.window.
Code responsible for executing the code of the different biclustering and clustering algorithms offered by the BicAT Tool is placed in the bicat.run_machine subpackage. The implementation of BiMax algorithm and the two clustering algorithms HCL (Hierarchical) and K-Means are placed in the subpackages bicat.run_machine.bimax and bicat.run_machine.clustering, respectively.
Remaining algorithms have been implemented in C++, and are accessed by the BicAT Tool through the shared libraries created for the three supported platforms (i.e. Windows, Linux and Solaris).
Management
Results obtained through the execution of the provided algorithms need to be properly stored, for further use and analysis.
The main class holds a data structure (linked list) of datasets loaded in a session. A bicat.biclustering.Dataset contains all information about a dataset: matrices (input matrix, preprocessed and discrete matrices, the list of biclusters, clusters and list of filtered biclusters, as well as a number of auxiliary structures holding names, references, etc). By selecting a node in the tree corresponding to a certain dataset, a variable currentDataset is made up-to-date, this corresponding to the update of the matrix being visualized in the right hand side (Picture) panel.
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