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Summary

Bio::DBLinkContainerI - Abstract interface for any object wanting to use
database cross references

Package variables

Included modules

Inherit

Bio::Root::RootI

Synopsis

    # get an objects containing database cross reference

        foreach $obj ( @objs ) {
                if( $obj->isa('Bio::DBLinkContainerI') ) {
                        foreach $dblink ( $obj->each_DBLink() ) {
                                # do stuff
                        }
                }
        }

Description

This interface defines the functions one can expect for any object
wanting to use database cross-references. This class does not actually
provide any implementation, it just provides the definitions of what
methods one can call.
The database cross-references are implemented as Bio::Annotation::DBLink
objects.

Methods

Methods description

 Title   : each_DBLink
 Usage   : foreach $ref ( $self->each_DBlink() )
 Function: gets an array of DBlink of objects
 Example :
 Returns : an array of Bio::Annotation::DBLink objects
 Args    : none

Methods code

sub each_DBLink {

   my ($self) = @_;
   my $class = ref($self) || $self;
   $self->throw("Class $class did not define method 'each_DBLink' for interface DBLinkContainerI");
}

1;

}

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