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NAME

OBO::Util::TermSet - A Set implementation.

SYNOPSIS

use OBO::Util::TermSet;

use OBO::Core::Term;

use strict;

my $my_set = OBO::Util::TermSet->new;

my @arr = $my_set->get_set();

# three new terms

my $n1 = OBO::Core::Term->new;

my $n2 = OBO::Core::Term->new;

my $n3 = OBO::Core::Term->new;

$n1->id("CCO:P0000001");

$n2->id("CCO:P0000002");

$n3->id("CCO:P0000003");

$n1->name("One");

$n2->name("Two");

$n3->name("Three");

# remove from my_set

$my_set->remove($n1);

$my_set->add($n1);

$my_set->remove($n1);

### set versions ###

$my_set->add($n1);

$my_set->add($n2);

$my_set->add($n3);

my $n4 = OBO::Core::Term->new;

my $n5 = OBO::Core::Term->new;

my $n6 = OBO::Core::Term->new;

$n4->id("CCO:P0000004");

$n5->id("CCO:P0000005");

$n6->id("CCO:P0000006");

$n4->name("Four");

$n5->name("Five");

$n6->name("Six");

$my_set->add_all($n4, $n5, $n6);

$my_set->add_all($n4, $n5, $n6);

# remove from my_set

$my_set->remove($n4);

my $n7 = $n4;

my $n8 = $n5;

my $n9 = $n6;

my $my_set2 = OBO::Util::TermSet->new;

$my_set->add_all($n4, $n5, $n6);

$my_set2->add_all($n7, $n8, $n9, $n1, $n2, $n3);

$my_set2->clear();

DESCRIPTION

A set (OBO::Util::Set) of terms (OBO::Core::Term).

AUTHOR

Erick Antezana, <erant@psb.ugent.be>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008 by Erick Antezana

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

contains_id

  Usage    - $set->contains_id($element_id)
  Returns  - true if this set contains an element with the given ID
  Args     - the ID to be checked
  Function - checks if this set constains an element with the given ID
  

contains_name

  Usage    - $set->contains_name($element_name)
  Returns  - true if this set contains an element with the given name
  Args     - the name to be checked
  Function - checks if this set constains an element with the given name