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getSpeciesBiGGIdFromUriList

private String getSpeciesBiGGIdFromUriList(List<String> list_Uri){
    String biggId = null;
    for(String uri : list_Uri){
      String dataSource, synonym_id, currentBiGGId; //currentBiGGId is id calculated in current iteration
      synonym_id = uri.substring(uri.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
      //crop uri to remove synonym identifier from end
      uri = uri.substring(0,uri.lastIndexOf('/'));
      dataSource = uri.substring(uri.lastIndexOf('/')+1);

      //updating the dataSource and synonym_id to match bigg database
      switch (dataSource){

        //bigg.metabolite data_source identifier will directly give biggId
        case "bigg.metabolite":
          return "M_"+synonym_id;

        case "metanetx.chemical" :
          dataSource = "mnx.chemical";
          break;

        case "chebi" : break;

        case "kegg.compound" : break;

        case "hmdb" : break;

        case "lipidmaps" : break;

        case "kegg.drug" : break;

        case "seed.compound" : break;

        case "biocyc" : break;

        case "sgd" :
          return null; //it maps to a gene not a component

        case "uniprot" :
          return null; //it maps to a gene not a component

        default:
          return null; //the dataSource must belong one of above
      }

      currentBiGGId = bigg.getBiggIdFromSynonym(dataSource,synonym_id,BiGGDB.TYPE_SPECIES);
      if(currentBiGGId!=null){
        if(biggId==null){
          biggId = currentBiGGId;
        }else {
          //we must get same biggId from each synonym
          if(!currentBiGGId.equals(biggId))
            return null;
        }
      }
    }
    return biggId == null ? null : "M_"+biggId;
  }