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# $Id: AnnotatableI.pm,v 1.12.4.1 2006/10/02 23:10:11 sendu Exp $
#
# BioPerl module for Bio::AnnotatableI
#
# Cared for by Hilmar Lapp <hlapp at gmx.net>
#
# Copyright Hilmar Lapp
#
# You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself
# POD documentation - main docs before the code
=head1 NAME
Bio::AnnotatableI - the base interface an annotatable object must implement
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Bio::SeqIO;
# get an annotatable object somehow: for example, Bio::SeqI objects
# are annotatable
my $seqio = Bio::SeqIO->new(-fh => \*STDIN, -format => 'genbank');
while (my $seq = $seqio->next_seq()) {
# $seq is-a Bio::AnnotatableI, hence:
my $ann_coll = $seq->annotation();
# $ann_coll is-a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI, hence:
my @all_anns = $ann_coll->get_Annotations();
# do something with the annotation objects
}
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This is the base interface that all annotatable objects must implement. A
good example is Bio::Seq which is an AnnotableI object.
=head1 FEEDBACK
=head2 Mailing Lists
User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other
Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to
the Bioperl mailing list. Your participation is much appreciated.
bioperl-l@bioperl.org - General discussion
http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists - About the mailing lists
=head2 Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track
of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the
web:
=head1 AUTHOR
Hilmar Lapp E<lt>hlapp@gmx.netE<gt>
Allen Day E<lt>allenday@ucla.eduE<gt>
=head1 APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
=cut
# Let the code begin...
use strict;
use Carp;
#use Bio::Annotation::OntologyTerm;
our %tagclass = (
comment => 'Bio::Annotation::Comment',
dblink => 'Bio::Annotation::DBLink',
description => 'Bio::Annotation::SimpleValue',
gene_name => 'Bio::Annotation::SimpleValue',
ontology_term => 'Bio::Annotation::OntologyTerm',
reference => 'Bio::Annotation::Reference',
__DEFAULT__ => 'Bio::Annotation::SimpleValue',
);
our %tag2text = (
'Bio::Annotation::Comment' => 'text',
'Bio::Annotation::DBLink' => 'primary_id',
'Bio::Annotation::SimpleValue' => 'value',
'Bio::Annotation::SimpleValue' => 'value',
'Bio::Annotation::OntologyTerm' => 'name',
'Bio::Annotation::Reference' => 'title',
__DEFAULT__ => 'value',
);
=head2 annotation
Title : annotation
Usage : $obj->annotation($newval)
Function: Get the annotation collection for this annotatable object.
Example :
Returns : a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI implementing object, or undef
Args : on set, new value (a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI
implementing object, optional) (an implementation may not
support changing the annotation collection)
See L<Bio::AnnotationCollectionI>
=cut
sub annotation{
shift->throw_not_implemented();
}
=head1 "*_tag_*" METHODS
The methods below allow mapping of the old "get_tag_values()"-style
annotation access to Bio::AnnotationCollectionI. These need not be
implemented in a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI compliant class, as they
are built on top of the methods.
B<DEPRECATED>: DO NOT USE THESE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
=cut
=head2 has_tag
Usage : $count = $obj->has_tag($tag)
Function: returns the number of annotations corresponding to $tag
Returns : an integer
Args : tag name
Note : DEPRECATED
Use L</get_Annotations> instead.
=cut
sub has_tag {
my ($self,$tag) = @_;
#uncomment in 1.6
#$self->deprecated('has_tag() is deprecated, use get_Annotations()');
return scalar($self->annotation->get_Annotations($tag));
}
=head2 add_tag_value
Usage : See add_Annotation
Function:
Returns :
Args : DEPRECATED
See L<Bio::AnnotationCollectionI::add_Annotation>
=cut
sub add_tag_value {
my ($self,$tag,@vals) = @_;
#uncomment in 1.6
#$self->deprecated('add_tag_value() is deprecated, use add_Annotation()');
foreach my $val (@vals){
my $class = $tagclass{$tag} || $tagclass{__DEFAULT__};
my $slot = $tag2text{$class};
my $a = $class->new();
$a->$slot($val);
$self->annotation->add_Annotation($tag,$a);
}
return 1;
#return $self->annotation->add_Annotation(@args);
}
=head2 get_Annotations
Usage : my $parent = $obj->get_Annotations('Parent');
my @parents = $obj->get_Annotations('Parent');
Function: a wrapper around Bio::Annotation::Collection::get_Annotations().
Returns : returns annotations as
Bio::Annotation::Collection::get_Annotations() does, but
additionally returns a single scalar in scalar context
instead of list context so that if an annotation tag
contains only a single value, you can do:
$parent = $feature->get_Annotations('Parent');
instead of:
($parent) = ($feature->get_Annotations('Parent'))[0];
if the 'Parent' tag has multiple values and is called in a
scalar context, the number of annotations is returned.
Args : an annotation tag name.
=cut
sub get_Annotations {
my $self = shift;
my @annotations = $self->annotation->get_Annotations(@_);
if(wantarray){
return @annotations;
} elsif(scalar(@annotations) == 1){
return $annotations[0];
} else {
return scalar(@annotations);
}
}
=head2 get_tag_values
Usage : @annotations = $obj->get_tag_values($tag)
Function: returns annotations corresponding to $tag
Returns : a list of scalars
Args : tag name
Note : DEPRECATED
This method is essentially L</get_Annotations>, use it instead.
=cut
sub get_tag_values {
my ($self,$tag) = @_;
#uncomment in 1.6
#$self->deprecated('get_tag_values() is deprecatedk, use get_Annotations()');
if(!$tagclass{$tag} && $self->annotation->get_Annotations($tag)){
#new tag, haven't seen it yet but it exists. add to registry
my($proto) = $self->annotation->get_Annotations($tag);
# we can only register if there's a method known for obtaining the value
if (exists($tag2text{ref($proto)})) {
$tagclass{$tag} = ref($proto);
}
}
my $slot = $tag2text{ $tagclass{$tag} || $tagclass{__DEFAULT__} };
return map { $_->$slot } $self->annotation->get_Annotations($tag);
}
=head2 get_tagset_values
Usage : @annotations = $obj->get_tagset_values($tag1,$tag2)
Function: returns annotations corresponding to a list of tags.
this is a convenience method equivalent to multiple calls
to get_tag_values with each tag in the list.
Returns : a list of Bio::AnnotationI objects.
Args : a list of tag names
Note : DEPRECATED
See L<Bio::AnnotationCollectionI::get_Annotations>
=cut
sub get_tagset_values {
my ($self,@tags) = @_;
#uncomment in 1.6
#$self->deprecated('get_tagset_values() is deprecated, use get_Annotations()');
my @r = ();
foreach my $tag (@tags){
my $slot = $tag2text{ $tagclass{$tag} || $tagclass{__DEFAULT__} };
push @r, map { $_->$slot } $self->annotation->get_Annotations($tag);
}
return @r;
}
=head2 get_all_tags
Usage : @tags = $obj->get_all_tags()
Function: returns a list of annotation tag names.
Returns : a list of tag names
Args : none
Note : DEPRECATED
See L<Bio::AnnotationCollectionI::get_all_annotation_keys>
=cut
sub get_all_tags {
my ($self,@args) = @_;
#uncomment in 1.6
#$self->deprecated('get_all_tags() is deprecated, use get_all_annotation_keys()');
return $self->annotation->get_all_annotation_keys(@args);
}
=head2 remove_tag
Usage : See remove_Annotations().
Function:
Returns :
Args : DEPRECATED
Note : Contrary to what the name suggests, this method removes
all annotations corresponding to $tag, not just a
single anntoation.
See L<Bio::AnnotationCollectionI::remove_Annotations>
=cut
sub remove_tag {
my ($self,@args) = @_;
#uncomment in 1.6
#$self->deprecated('remove_tag() is deprecated, use remove_Annotations()');
return $self->annotation->remove_Annotations(@args);
}
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