NAME

Bio::Phylo::Taxa::TaxonLinker - Superclass for objects that link to taxa objects.

SYNOPSIS

 use Bio::Phylo::Forest::Node;
 use Bio::Phylo::Taxa::Taxon;

 my $node  = Bio::Phylo::Forest::Node->new;
 my $taxon = Bio::Phylo::Taxa::Taxon->new;

 if ( $node->isa('Bio::Phylo::Taxa::TaxonLinker') ) {
    $node->set_taxa( $taxon );
 }

DESCRIPTION

This module is a superclass for objects that link to Bio::Phylo::Taxa::Taxon objects.

METHODS

MUTATORS

set_taxon()

 Type    : Mutator
 Title   : set_taxon
 Usage   : $obj->set_taxon( $taxon );
 Function: Links the invocant object
           to a taxon object.
 Returns : Modified $obj
 Args    : A Bio::Phylo::Taxa::Taxon object.

unset_taxon()

 Type    : Mutator
 Title   : unset_taxon
 Usage   : $obj->unset_taxon();
 Function: Unlinks the invocant object
           from any taxon object.
 Returns : Modified $obj
 Args    : NONE

ACCESSORS

get_taxon()

 Type    : Accessor
 Title   : get_taxon
 Usage   : my $taxon = $obj->get_taxon;
 Function: Retrieves the Bio::Phylo::Taxa::Taxon
           object linked to the invocant.
 Returns : Bio::Phylo::Taxa::Taxon
 Args    : NONE
 Comments:

SEE ALSO

Bio::Phylo::Matrices::Datum

The datum object subclasses Bio::Phylo::Taxa::TaxonLinker.

Bio::Phylo::Forest::Node

The node object subclasses Bio::Phylo::Taxa::TaxonLinker.

Bio::Phylo::Manual

Also see the manual: Bio::Phylo::Manual.

FORUM

CPAN hosts a discussion forum for Bio::Phylo. If you have trouble using this module the discussion forum is a good place to start posting questions (NOT bug reports, see below): http://www.cpanforum.com/dist/Bio-Phylo

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-bio-phylo@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Bio-Phylo. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. Be sure to include the following in your request or comment, so that I know what version you're using:

$Id: TaxonLinker.pm 4175 2007-07-11 02:13:51Z rvosa $

AUTHOR

Rutger A. Vos,

email: rvosa@sfu.ca

web page: http://www.sfu.ca/~rvosa/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author would like to thank Jason Stajich for many ideas borrowed from BioPerl http://www.bioperl.org, and CIPRES http://www.phylo.org and FAB* http://www.sfu.ca/~fabstar for comments and requests.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2005 Rutger A. Vos, All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.