NAME

Prospect::SoapServer -- execute Prospect locally
$Id: SoapServer.pm,v 1.9 2003/11/04 01:01:32 cavs Exp $

SYNOPSIS

use Prospect::SoapServer;
use Prospect::Options;
my $p2options = new Prospect::Options;
my $p2factory = new Prospect::SoapServer( {options=>$p2options} );
my $xmlout = $p2factory->thread( $sequence );

DESCRIPTION

Prospect::SoapServer is runs Prospect remotely using SOAP as the protocol. Utilize a LocalClient object to actually run Prospect.

ROUTINES & METHODS

thread_summary()

Name:      thread_summary()
Purpose:   thread a sequence using Prospect::LocalClient
Arguments: comma-separated list:
   0 - string containing sequence id
   1 - string, contains protein sequence (or '' if secondary structure is
       defined in #2)
   2 - string, contains secondary structure information in phd format
       (or '' if sequence is defined in #1)
   3 - string, one of 'scop', 'fssp', 'all' (or '' if templates is defined in #4)
       to define a template set
   4 - string, contains a space-separated list of templates (or '' if
       template set is defined in #3)
   5 - string, one of 'global' or 'global_local' for alignment type
   6 - string, either '0' (false) or '1' (true) for calculating zscores
Returns:   XML string containing prospect results

thread()

Name:      xml()
Purpose:   thread a sequence using Prospect::LocalClient
Arguments: comma-separated list:
   0 - string containing sequence id
   1 - string, contains protein sequence (or '' if secondary structure is
       defined in #2)
   2 - string, contains secondary structure information in phd format
       (or '' if sequence is defined in #1)
   3 - string, one of 'scop', 'fssp', 'all' (or '' if templates is defined in #4)
       to define a template set
   4 - string, contains a space-separated list of templates (or '' if
       template set is defined in #3)
   5 - string, one of 'global' or 'global_local' for alignment type
   6 - string, either '0' (false) or '1' (true) for calculating zscores
Returns:   XML string containing prospect results

ping()

Name:      ping()
Purpose:   return whether alive or not
Arguments: none
Returns:   0 - dead, 1 - alive

INTERNAL METHODS & ROUTINES

The following functions are documented for developers' benefit. THESE SHOULD NOT BE CALLED OUTSIDE OF THIS MODULE. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

_parseOption()

Name:      _parseOption()
Purpose:   parse arguments to the thread, thread_summary, and xml() methods
Arguments: comma-separated list:
   1 - string, one of 'scop', 'fssp', 'all' (or '' if templates is defined in #4)
       to define a template set
   2 - string, contains a space-separated list of templates (or '' if
       template set is defined in #3)
   3 - string, one of 'global' or 'global_local' for alignment type
   4 - string, either '0' (false) or '1' (true) for calculating zscores
Returns:   Prospect::Options object