Bio::Annotation Reference
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Summary
Bio::Annotation::Reference - Specialised DBLink object for Literature References
Package variables
No package variables defined.
Included modules
Bio::Annotation::DBLink
Bio::AnnotationI
Inherit
Bio::Annotation::DBLink
Synopsis
    $reg = Bio::Annotation::Reference->new( -title => 'title line',
					    -location => 'location line',
					    -authors => 'author line',
					    -medline => 998122 );
Description
Object which presents a literature reference. This is considered to be
a specialised form of database link. The additional methods provided
are all set/get methods to store strings commonly associated with
references, in particular title, location (ie, journal page) and
authors line.
There is no attempt to do anything more than store these things as
strings for processing elsewhere. This is mainly because parsing these
things suck and generally are specific to the specific format one is
using. To provide an easy route to go format --> object --> format
without losing data, we keep them as strings. Feel free to post the
list for a better solution, but in general this gets very messy very
fast...
Methods
newDescriptionCode
as_textDescriptionCode
hash_treeDescriptionCode
tagnameDescriptionCode
startDescriptionCode
endDescriptionCode
rpDescriptionCode
authorsDescriptionCode
locationDescriptionCode
titleDescriptionCode
medlineDescriptionCode
pubmedDescriptionCode
databaseDescriptionCode
primary_idDescriptionCode
optional_idDescriptionCode
publisherDescriptionCode
editorsDescriptionCode
encoded_refDescriptionCode
Methods description
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 Title   : new
 Usage   : $ref = Bio::Annotation::Reference->new( -title => 'title line',
						   -authors => 'author line',
						   -location => 'location line',
						   -medline => 9988812);
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns : a new Bio::Annotation::Reference object
 Args    : a hash with optional title, authors, location, medline, start and end
           attributes
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 Title   : as_text
 Usage   :
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns : 
 Args    :
hash_treecodeprevnextTop
 Title   : hash_tree
 Usage   :
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns : 
 Args    :
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 Title   : tagname
 Usage   : $obj->tagname($newval)
 Function: Get/set the tagname for this annotation value.

           Setting this is optional. If set, it obviates the need to provide
           a tag to Bio::AnnotationCollectionI when adding this object. When
           obtaining an AnnotationI object from the collection, the collection
           will set the value to the tag under which it was stored unless the
           object has a tag stored already.
 Example : 
 Returns : value of tagname (a scalar)
 Args    : new value (a scalar, optional)
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 Title   : start
 Usage   : $self->start($newval)
 Function: Gives the reference start base
 Example : 
 Returns : value of start
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
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 Title   : end
 Usage   : $self->end($newval)
 Function: Gives the reference end base
 Example : 
 Returns : value of end
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
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 Title   : rp
 Usage   : $self->rp($newval)
 Function: Gives the RP line. No attempt is made to parse this line.
 Example : 
 Returns : value of rp
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
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 Title   : authors
 Usage   : $self->authors($newval)
 Function: Gives the author line. No attempt is made to parse the author line
 Example : 
 Returns : value of authors
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
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 Title   : location
 Usage   : $self->location($newval)
 Function: Gives the location line. No attempt is made to parse the location line
 Example : 
 Returns : value of location
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
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 Title   : title
 Usage   : $self->title($newval)
 Function: Gives the title line (if exists)
 Example : 
 Returns : value of title
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
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 Title   : medline
 Usage   : $self->medline($newval)
 Function: Gives the medline number
 Example : 
 Returns : value of medline
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
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 Title   : pubmed
 Usage   : $refobj->pubmed($newval)
 Function: Get/Set the PubMed number, if it is different from the MedLine
           number.
 Example : 
 Returns : value of medline
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
databasecodeprevnextTop
 Title   : database
 Usage   :
 Function: Overrides DBLink database to be hard coded to 'MEDLINE', unless
           the database has been set explicitely before.
 Example :
 Returns : 
 Args    :
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 Title   : primary_id
 Usage   :
 Function: Overrides DBLink primary_id to provide medline number
 Example :
 Returns : 
 Args    :
optional_idcodeprevnextTop
 Title   : optional_id
 Usage   :
 Function: Overrides DBLink optional_id to provide the PubMed number.
 Example :
 Returns : 
 Args    :
publishercodeprevnextTop
 Title   : publisher
 Usage   : $self->publisher($newval)
 Function: Gives the publisher line. No attempt is made to parse the publisher line
 Example : 
 Returns : value of publisher
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
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 Title   : editors
 Usage   : $self->editors($newval)
 Function: Gives the editors line. No attempt is made to parse the editors line
 Example : 
 Returns : value of editors
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
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 Title   : encoded_ref
 Usage   : $self->encoded_ref($newval)
 Function: Gives the encoded_ref line. No attempt is made to parse the encoded_ref line
 	(this is added for reading PDB records (REFN record), where this contains
	 ISBN/ISSN/ASTM code)
 Example : 
 Returns : value of encoded_ref
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
Methods code
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sub new {
    my ($class,@args) = @_;

    my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args);

    my ($start,$end,$authors,$location,$title,$medline,$tag) =
	$self->_rearrange([qw(START
			      END
			      AUTHORS
			      LOCATION
			      TITLE
			      MEDLINE
			      TAGNAME
			      )],@args);

    defined $start    && $self->start($start);
    defined $end      && $self->end($end);
    defined $authors  && $self->authors($authors);
    defined $location && $self->location($location);
    defined $title    && $self->title($title);
    defined $medline  && $self->medline($medline);
    defined $tag      && $self->tagname($tag);

    return $self;
}
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sub as_text {
   my ($self) = @_;

   # this could get out of hand!
return "Reference: ".$self->title;
}
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sub hash_tree {
   my ($self) = @_;
   
   my $h = {};
   $h->{'title'}   = $self->title;
   $h->{'authors'} = $self->authors;
   $h->{'location'} = $self->location;
   if( defined $self->start ) {
       $h->{'start'}   = $self->start;
   }
   if( defined $self->end ) {
       $h->{'end'} = $self->end;
   }
   $h->{'medline'} = $self->medline;

   return $h;
}
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sub tagname {
    my ($self,$value) = @_;
    if( defined $value) {
	$self->{'tagname'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'tagname'};
}
startdescriptionprevnextTop
sub start {
    my ($self,$value) = @_;
    if( defined $value) {
	$self->{'start'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'start'};
}
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sub end {
    my ($self,$value) = @_;
    if( defined $value) {
	$self->{'end'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'end'};
}
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sub rp {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'rp'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'rp'};
}
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sub authors {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'authors'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'authors'};
}
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sub location {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'location'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'location'};
}
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sub title {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'title'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'title'};
}
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sub medline {
    my ($self,$value) = @_;
    if( defined $value) {
	$self->{'medline'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'medline'};
}
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sub pubmed {
    my ($self,$value) = @_;
    if( defined $value) {
	$self->{'pubmed'} = $value;
    }
    return $self->{'pubmed'};
}
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sub database {
   my ($self, @args) = @_;

   return $self->SUPER::database(@args) || 'MEDLINE';
}
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sub primary_id {
   my ($self, @args) = @_;

   return $self->medline(@args);
}
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sub optional_id {
   my ($self, @args) = @_;

   return $self->pubmed(@args);
}
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sub publisher {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'publisher'} = $value;
   }
   return $self->{'publisher'};
}
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sub editors {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'editors'} = $value;
   }
   return $self->{'editors'};
}
encoded_refdescriptionprevnextTop
sub encoded_ref {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value) {
      $self->{'encoded_ref'} = $value;
   }
   return $self->{'encoded_ref'};
}
General documentation
CONTACTTop
Describe contact details here
APPENDIXTop
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
AnnotationI implementing functionsTop
Specific accessors for ReferencesTop