Summary

Bio::DB::XEMBL - Database object interface for XEMBL entry retrieval

Package variables

Included modules

Inherit

Bio::DB::RandomAccessI

Synopsis

  use Bio::DB::XEMBL;

  $embl = new Bio::DB::XEMBL;

  # remember that XEMBL_ID does not equal GenBank_ID!
  $seq = $embl->get_Seq_by_id('BUM'); # EMBL ID
 	print "cloneid is ", $seq->id, "\n";

  # or changeing to accession number and Fasta format ...
  $seq = $embl->get_Seq_by_acc('J02231'); # XEMBL ACC
 	print "cloneid is ", $seq->id, "\n";

  # especially when using versions, you better be prepared
  # in not getting what what want
  eval {
      $seq = $embl->get_Seq_by_version('J02231.1'); # XEMBL VERSION
  };
  print "cloneid is ", $seq->id, "\n" unless $@;

  my $seqio = $embl->get_Stream_by_batch(['U83300','U83301','U83302']);
  while( my $clone =  $seqio->next_seq ) {
 	print "cloneid is ", $clone->id, "\n";
  }

Description

Allows the dynamic retrieval of Bio::Seq objects from the XEMBL
database. See Bio::Seq for details.

Methods

Methods description

 Title   : get_Seq_by_id
 Usage   : $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_id('ROA1_HUMAN')
 Function: Gets a Bio::Seq object by its name
 Returns : a Bio::Seq object
 Args    : the id (as a string) of a sequence
 Throws  : "id does not exist" exception

  Title   : get_Stream_by_batch
  Usage   : $seq = $db->get_Stream_by_batch($ref);
  Function: Retrieves Seq objects from XEMBL 'en masse', rather than one
            at a time. Currently this is not particularly efficient, as
            it loads the entire result into memory and parses it.
  Example :
  Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream object
  Args    : $ref : an array reference containing a list of unique 
            ids/accession numbers.

 Title   : get_Seq_by_acc
 Usage   : $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_acc('X77802');
 Function: Gets a Bio::Seq object by accession number
 Returns : A Bio::Seq object
 Args    : accession number (as a string)
 Throws  : "acc does not exist" exception

 Title   : get_Seq_by_version
 Usage   : $seq = $db->get_Seq_by_version('X77802.1');
 Function: Gets a Bio::Seq object by sequence version
 Returns : A Bio::Seq object
 Args    : accession.version (as a string)
 Throws  : "acc.version does not exist" exception

 Title   : endpoint
 Usage   : $endpoint = $db->endpoint([$endpoint])
 Function: Gets/sets endpoint for SOAP connection
 Returns : old endpoint
 Args    : new endpoint(optional)

 Title   : new_from_registry
 Usage   : $db = Bio::DB::XEMBL->new_from_registry(%config)
 Function: creates a new Bio::DB::XEMBL object in a Bio::DB::Registry-
           compatible fashion
 Returns : new Bio::DB::XEMBL
 Args    : provided by the registry, see below
 Status  : Public

  location     Endpoint for the XEMBL service.  Currently the only
               known valid endpoint is 
               http://www.ebi.ac.uk:80/cgi-bin/xembl/XEMBL-SOAP.pl

Methods code

sub new {

    my ($class, @args ) = @_;
    my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args);
    my $endpoint = $self->_rearrange([qw(ENDPOINT)]);
    $endpoint ||= DEFAULT_ENDPOINT;
    $self->endpoint($endpoint);
    return $self;

}

sub get_Seq_by_id {

   my ($self,@args) = @_;
   my $seqio = $self->get_Stream_by_batch([@args]);
   return $seqio->next_seq;

}

sub get_Stream_by_batch {

  my ($self, $ids) = @_;
  $self->throw("expected an array ref, but got $ids")
    unless ref($ids) eq 'ARRAY';
  my @args = @$ids;

  my $endpoint = $self->endpoint;
  my $som = SOAP::Lite
    ->uri('http://www.ebi.ac.uk/XEMBL')
    ->proxy($endpoint)
    ->getNucSeq(SOAP::Data->name(format=>'bsml'),
		SOAP::Data->name(ids=>"@args"));
  if ($som->fault) {
    $self->throw($som->faultstring);
  }
  my $result = $som->result;
  my($fh,$filename) = tempfile(File::Spec->tmpdir . '/bsmlXXXXXX',SUFFIX=>'.bsml');
  print $fh $result;
  close $fh;
  my $seqio = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file=>$filename,-format=>'bsml');
  unlink $filename;
  $seqio;

}

sub get_Seq_by_acc {

   my ($self,@args) = @_;
   return $self->get_Seq_by_id(@args);

}

sub get_Seq_by_version {

   my ($self,@args) = @_;
   return $self->get_Seq_by_id(@args);

}

sub endpoint {

  my $self = shift;
  my $d = $self->{endpoint};
  $self->{endpoint} = shift if @_;
  $d;

}

sub new_from_registry {

    my ($self,%config) =  @_;
    my $location = $config{'location'} or $self->throw('Location must be specified.');
    my $index    = $self->new(-endpoint => $location);

}

General documentation

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