NAME

Bio::Annotation::Collection - Default Perl implementation of AnnotationCollectionI

SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

Bioperl implementation for Bio::AnnotationCollecitonI

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AUTHOR - Ewan Birney

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APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

new

 Title   : new
 Usage   : $coll = Bio::Annotation::Collection->new()
 Function: Makes a new Annotation::Collection object. 
 Returns : Bio::Annotation::Collection
 Args    : none

Bio::Annotation::CollectionI implementing methods

get_all_annotation_keys

 Title   : get_all_annotation_keys
 Usage   : $ac->get_all_annotation_keys()
 Function: gives back a list of annotation keys, which are simple text strings
 Returns : list of strings
 Args    : none

get_Annotations

 Title   : get_Annotations
 Usage   : my @annotations = $collection->get_Annotations('key')
 Function: Retrieves all the Bio::AnnotationI objects for a specific key
 Returns : list of Bio::AnnotationI - empty if no objects stored for a key
 Args    : string which is key for annotations

get_num_of_annotations

 Title   : get_num_of_annotations
 Usage   : my $count = $collection->get_num_of_annotations()
 Function: Returns the count of all annotations stored in this collection 
 Returns : integer
 Args    : none

Implementation specific functions - mainly for adding

add_Annotation

 Title   : add_Annotation
 Usage   : $self->add_Annotation('reference',$object);
           $self->add_Annotation('disease',$object,'Bio::MyInterface::DiseaseI');
 Function: Adds an annotation for a specific 
 Returns : none
 Args    : annotation key ('disease', 'dblink', ...)
           object to store (must be Bio::AnnotationI compliant)
           [optional] object archytype to map future storage of object 
                      of these types to

Backward compatible functions

Functions put in for backward compatibility with old Bio::Annotation.pm stuff

description

 Title   : description
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add_gene_name

 Title   : add_gene_name
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each_gene_name

 Title   : each_gene_name
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add_Reference

 Title   : add_Reference
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each_Reference

 Title   : each_Reference
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add_Comment

 Title   : add_Comment
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each_Comment

 Title   : each_Comment
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add_DBLink

 Title   : add_DBLink
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each_DBLink

 Title   : each_DBLink
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Implementation management functions

_typemap

 Title   : _typemap
 Usage   : $obj->_typemap($newval)
 Function: 
 Example : 
 Returns : value of _typemap
 Args    : newvalue (optional)

cpanm Bio::Seq

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Bio::Seq