linkAnnotation.m

function link = linkAnnotation(session, annotation, parentType, parentId)
% LINKANNOTATION Link an annotation to an object on the OMERO server
%
%    fa = linkAnnotation(session, annotation, parentType, parentId) creates
%    a link between the input annotation to the object of the input type
%    specified by the input identifier and owned by the session user.
%
%    Examples:
%
%        link = linkAnnotation(session, annotation, parentType, parentId)
%
% See also:

% Copyright (C) 2013 University of Dundee & Open Microscopy Environment.
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%
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%
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% Input check
objectTypes = getObjectTypes();
objectNames = {objectTypes.name};
ip = inputParser;
ip.addRequired('session');
ip.addRequired('annotation', @isscalar);
ip.addRequired('parentType', @(x) ischar(x) && ismember(x, objectNames));
ip.addRequired('parentId', @(x) isempty(x) || (isvector(x) && isnumeric(x)));
ip.parse(session, annotation, parentType, parentId);
objectType = objectTypes(strcmp(parentType, objectNames));

% Get the parent object
if isnumeric(parentId),
    parent = getObjects(session, parentType, parentId);
    assert(~isempty(parent), 'No %s with id %g found', parentType, parentId);
else
    parent = parentId;
end

% Create object annotation link
context = java.util.HashMap;
group = parent.getDetails().getGroup().getId().getValue();
context.put('omero.group', java.lang.String(num2str(group)));

link = objectType.annotationLink();
link.setParent(parent)
link.setChild(annotation);
link = session.getUpdateService().saveAndReturnObject(link, context);