# $Id: DBLink.pm 15635 2009-04-14 19:11:13Z cjfields $ # # BioPerl module for Bio::Annotation::DBLink # # Please direct questions and support issues to # # Cared for by Ewan Birney # # Copyright Ewan Birney # # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself # POD documentation - main docs before the code =head1 NAME Bio::Annotation::DBLink - untyped links between databases =head1 SYNOPSIS $link1 = Bio::Annotation::DBLink->new(-database => 'TSC', -primary_id => 'TSC0000030' ); #or $link2 = Bio::Annotation::DBLink->new(); $link2->database('dbSNP'); $link2->primary_id('2367'); # DBLink is-a Bio::AnnotationI object, can be added to annotation # collections, e.g. the one on features or seqs $feat->annotation->add_Annotation('dblink', $link2); =head1 DESCRIPTION Provides an object which represents a link from one object to something in another database without prescribing what is in the other database. Aside from L, this class also implements L. =head1 AUTHOR - Ewan Birney Ewan Birney - birney@ebi.ac.uk =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... package Bio::Annotation::DBLink; use strict; use base qw(Bio::Root::Root Bio::AnnotationI Bio::IdentifiableI); =head2 new Title : new Usage : $dblink = Bio::Annotation::DBLink->new(-database =>"GenBank", -primary_id => "M123456"); Function: Creates a new instance of this class. Example : Returns : A new instance of Bio::Annotation::DBLink. Args : Named parameters. At present, the following parameters are recognized. -database the name of the database referenced by the xref -primary_id the primary (main) id of the referenced entry (usually this will be an accession number) -optional_id a secondary ID under which the referenced entry is known in the same database -comment comment text for the dbxref -tagname the name of the tag under which to add this instance to an annotation bundle (usually 'dblink') -namespace synonymous with -database (also overrides) -version version of the referenced entry -authority attribute of the Bio::IdentifiableI interface -url attribute of the Bio::IdentifiableI interface =cut sub new { my($class,@args) = @_; my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args); my ($database,$primary_id,$optional_id,$comment,$tag,$ns,$auth,$v,$url) = $self->_rearrange([qw(DATABASE PRIMARY_ID OPTIONAL_ID COMMENT TAGNAME NAMESPACE AUTHORITY VERSION URL )], @args); $database && $self->database($database); $primary_id && $self->primary_id($primary_id); $optional_id && $self->optional_id($optional_id); $comment && $self->comment($comment); $tag && $self->tagname($tag); # Bio::IdentifiableI parameters: $ns && $self->namespace($ns); # this will override $database $auth && $self->authority($auth); defined($v) && $self->version($v); defined($url) && $self->url($url); return $self; } =head1 AnnotationI implementing functions =cut =head2 as_text Title : as_text Usage : Function: Example : Returns : Args : =cut sub as_text{ my ($self) = @_; return "Direct database link to ".$self->primary_id .($self->version ? ".".$self->version : "") .($self->optional_id ? " (".$self->optional_id.")" : "") ." in database ".$self->database; } =head2 display_text Title : display_text Usage : my $str = $ann->display_text(); Function: returns a string. Unlike as_text(), this method returns a string formatted as would be expected for te specific implementation. One can pass a callback as an argument which allows custom text generation; the callback is passed the current instance and any text returned Example : Returns : a string Args : [optional] callback =cut { my $DEFAULT_CB = sub { (($_[0]->database ? $_[0]->database . ':' : '' ) . ($_[0]->primary_id ? $_[0]->primary_id : '') . ($_[0]->version ? '.' . $_[0]->version : '')) || '' }; sub display_text { my ($self, $cb) = @_; $cb ||= $DEFAULT_CB; $self->throw("Callback must be a code reference") if ref $cb ne 'CODE'; return $cb->($self); } } =head2 hash_tree Title : hash_tree Usage : Function: Example : Returns : Args : =cut sub hash_tree{ my ($self) = @_; my $h = {}; $h->{'database'} = $self->database; $h->{'primary_id'} = $self->primary_id; if( defined $self->optional_id ) { $h->{'optional_id'} = $self->optional_id; } if( defined $self->comment ) { # we know that comments have hash_tree methods $h->{'comment'} = $self->comment; } return $h; } =head2 tagname Title : tagname Usage : $obj->tagname($newval) Function: Get/set the tagname for this annotation value. Setting this is optional. If set, it obviates the need to provide a tag to Bio::AnnotationCollectionI when adding this object. When obtaining an AnnotationI object from the collection, the collection will set the value to the tag under which it was stored unless the object has a tag stored already. Example : Returns : value of tagname (a scalar) Args : new value (a scalar, optional) =cut sub tagname{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'tagname'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'tagname'}; } =head1 Specific accessors for DBLinks =cut =head2 database Title : database Usage : $self->database($newval) Function: set/get on the database string. Databases are just a string here which can then be interpreted elsewhere Example : Returns : value of database Args : newvalue (optional) =cut sub database{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'database'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'database'}; } =head2 primary_id Title : primary_id Usage : $self->primary_id($newval) Function: set/get on the primary id (a string) The primary id is the main identifier used for this object in the database. Good examples would be accession numbers. The id is meant to be the main, stable identifier for this object Example : Returns : value of primary_id Args : newvalue (optional) =cut sub primary_id{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'primary_id'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'primary_id'}; } =head2 optional_id Title : optional_id Usage : $self->optional_id($newval) Function: get/set for the optional_id (a string) optional id is a slot for people to use as they wish. The main issue is that some databases do not have a clean single string identifier scheme. It is hoped that the primary_id can behave like a reasonably sane "single string identifier" of objects, and people can use/abuse optional ids to their heart's content to provide precise mappings. Example : Returns : value of optional_id Args : newvalue (optional) =cut #' sub optional_id{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'optional_id'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'optional_id'}; } =head2 comment Title : comment Usage : $self->comment($newval) Function: get/set of comments (comment object) Sets or gets comments of this dblink, which is sometimes relevant Example : Returns : value of comment (Bio::Annotation::Comment) Args : newvalue (optional) =cut sub comment{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'comment'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'comment'}; } =head1 Methods for Bio::IdentifiableI compliance =head2 object_id Title : object_id Usage : $string = $obj->object_id() Function: a string which represents the stable primary identifier in this namespace of this object. For DNA sequences this is its accession_number, similarly for protein sequences This is aliased to primary_id(). Returns : A scalar =cut sub object_id { return shift->primary_id(@_); } =head2 version Title : version Usage : $version = $obj->version() Function: a number which differentiates between versions of the same object. Higher numbers are considered to be later and more relevant, but a single object described the same identifier should represent the same concept Returns : A number =cut sub version{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'version'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'version'}; } =head2 url Title : url Usage : $url = $obj->url() Function: URL which is associated with this DB link Returns : string, full URL descriptor =cut sub url { my $self = shift; return $self->{'url'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'url'}; } =head2 authority Title : authority Usage : $authority = $obj->authority() Function: a string which represents the organisation which granted the namespace, written as the DNS name for organisation (eg, wormbase.org) Returns : A scalar =cut sub authority{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'authority'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'authority'}; } =head2 namespace Title : namespace Usage : $string = $obj->namespace() Function: A string representing the name space this identifier is valid in, often the database name or the name describing the collection For DBLink this is the same as database(). Returns : A scalar =cut sub namespace{ return shift->database(@_); } 1;