Bio::SearchIO SearchWriterI
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Summary
Bio::SearchIO::SearchWriterI - Interface for outputting parsed Search results
Package variables
No package variables defined.
Included modules
Bio::Root::RootI
Inherit
Bio::Root::RootI
Synopsis
Bio::SearchIO::SearchWriterI objects cannot be instantiated since this
module defines a pure interface.
Given an object that implements the Bio::SearchIO::SearchWriterI interface,
you can do the following things with it:
    print $writer->to_string( $result_obj, @args );
Description
This module defines abstract methods that all subclasses must implement
to be used for outputting results from Bio::Search::Result::ResultI
objects.
Methods
to_stringDescriptionCode
Methods description
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 Purpose   : Produces data for each Search::Result::ResultI in a string.
           : This is an abstract method. For some useful implementations,
           : see ResultTableWriter.pm, HitTableWriter.pm, 
           : and HSPTableWriter.pm.
 Usage     : print $writer->to_string( $result_obj, @args );
 Argument  : $result_obj = A Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object
           : @args = any additional arguments used by your implementation.
 Returns   : String containing data for each search Result or any of its
           : sub-objects (Hits and HSPs).
 Throws    : n/a
Methods code
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sub to_string {
    my ($self, $result, @args) = @_;
    $self->throw_not_implemented;
}
General documentation
AUTHORTop
Steve Chervitz <sac@bioperl.org>
DISCLAIMERTop
This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
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The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.