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# Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues
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package Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues;
use strict;
use Carp;
use Bio::MAGE::Base;
use Bio::MAGE::Association;
use Bio::MAGE::Extendable;
use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK $__ASSOCIATIONS);
require Exporter;
@ISA = qw(Bio::MAGE::Base Bio::MAGE::Extendable Exporter);
$VERSION = q[$Id: BioDataValues.pm,v 1.4 2002/08/24 16:12:16 jason_e_stewart Exp $];
# Items to export into callers namespace by default. Note: do not export
# names by default without a very good reason. Use EXPORT_OK instead.
# Do not simply export all your public functions/methods/constants.
@EXPORT_OK = qw();
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=head1 Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues
=head2 SYNOPSIS
  use Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues;
    # creating an empty instance
  my $biodatavalues = Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues->new();
=head2 DESCRIPTION
From the MAGE-OM documentation for the C<BioDataValues> class:
The actual values for the BioAssayCube. 
=cut
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=head2 INHERITANCE
Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues has the following super classes
=over 
=item * Bio::MAGE::Extendable
=back
Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues has the following subclasses
=over 
=item * Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataTuples
=item * Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataCube
=back
=head2 CLASS METHODS
The following methods can all be called without first having an
instance of the class via the Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues->methodname() syntax.
=item new()
=item new(%args)
The object constructor C<new()> accepts the following optional
named-value style arguments:
=over
=item * propertySets
Sets the value of the propertySets association (from C<Bio::MAGE::Extendable>).
=back
=cut
#
# code for new() inherited from Base.pm
#
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=item $obj->set_slots(%parameters)
=item $obj->set_slots(\@name_list, \@value_list)
The C<set_slots()> method is used to set a number of slots at the same
time. It has two different invocation methods. The first takes a named
parameter list, and the second takes two array references.
B<Return value>: none
B<Side effects>: will call C<croak()> if a slot_name is used that the class
does not define.
=cut
#
# code for set_slots() inherited from Base.pm
#
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=item $obj->get_slots(@name_list)
The C<get_slots()> method is used to get the values of a number of
slots at the same time.
B<Return value>: a list of instance objects
B<Side effects>: none
=cut
#
# code for get_slots() inherited from Base.pm
#
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=item $val = $obj->set_slot($name,$val)
The C<set_slot()> method sets the slot C<$name> to the value C<$val>
B<Return value>: the new value of the slot, i.e. C<$val>
B<Side effects>: none
=cut
#
# code for set_slot() inherited from Base.pm
#
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=item $val = $obj->get_slot($name)
The C<get_slot()> method is used to get the values of a number of
slots at the same time.
B<Return value>: a single slot value, or undef if the slot has not been
initialized.
B<Side effects>: none
=cut
#
# code for get_slot() inherited from Base.pm
#
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=item @names = $obj->get_slot_names()
The C<get_slot_names()> method is used to retrieve the name of all
slots defined for a given object.
B<Return value>: a single slot value, or undef if the slot has not been
initialized.
B<Side effects>: none
=cut
#
# code for get_slot_names() inherited from Base.pm
#
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=item $name = class_name()
Returns the full class name for this class, Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues.
=cut
sub class_name {
  return q[Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues];
}
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=item $package_name = package()
Returns the unresolved package name (i.e. no 'Bio::MAGE::') of the
package that contains class, Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues.
=cut
sub package {
  return q[BioAssayData];
}
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=item @classes = subclasses()
returns the list of subclasses for this class.
=cut
sub subclasses {
  my @list = ('Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataTuples', 'Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataCube');
  return @list;
}
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=item @classes = superclasses()
returns the list of superclasses for this class.
=cut
sub superclasses {
  my @list = ('Bio::MAGE::Extendable');
  return @list;
}
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=item @methods = attribute_methods()
returns the list of attribute accessor methods for this class.
=cut
sub attribute_methods {
  my $class = shift;
  my @list = ();
  if ($class->superclasses()) {
    foreach ($class->superclasses()) {
      push(@list,$_->attribute_methods());
    }
  }
  return @list;
}
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=item @methods = association_methods()
returns the list of association accessor methods for this class.
=cut
sub association_methods {
  my $class = shift;
  my @list = ();
  if ($class->superclasses()) {
    foreach ($class->superclasses()) {
      push(@list,$_->association_methods());
    }
  }
  return @list;
}
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=item %assns = associations()
returns the association meta-information in a hash where the keys are
the association names and the values are C<Bio::MAGE::Association>
objects that provide the meta-information for the association.
=cut
sub associations {
  my $class = shift;
  my @list = ();
  # superclasses first
  if ($class->superclasses()) {
    foreach ($class->superclasses()) {
      push(@list,$_->associations());
    }
  }
  # then associations from this class
  if (defined $__ASSOCIATIONS) {
    push(@list,@{$__ASSOCIATIONS})
  }
  return @list;
}
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=head2 ATTRIBUTES
Attributes are simple data types that belong to a single instance of a
class. In the Perl implementation of the MAGE-OM classes, the
interface to attributes is implemented using separate setter and
getter methods for each attribute.
Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues: has the following attribute accessor methods:
=over
=back
=cut
sub initialize {
  carp "Bio::MAGE::BioAssayData::BioDataValues::initialize: abstract base classes should not be instantiated";
}
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=head1 BUGS
Please send bug reports to mged-mage@lists.sf.net
=head1 AUTHOR
Jason E. Stewart (jason@openinformatics.com)
=head1 SEE ALSO
perl(1).
=cut
#
# End the module by returning a true value
#
1;