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NAME

Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute - A generic Attribute class.

SYNOPSIS

  use Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute;

  my $attribute = Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute->new
       (-CODE => 'myCode',
        -NAME => 'My Attribute',
        -DESCRIPTION => 'This is my attribute description.',
        -VALUE => '10023');

  print $attrib->name(), "\n";
  print $attrib->code(), "\n";
  print $attrib->description(), "\n";
  print $attrib->value(), "\n";

DESCRIPTION

This is a generic attribute class used to represent attributes associated with seq_regions (and their Slices) and MiscFeatures.

SEE ALSO

Bio::EnsEMBL::Slice Bio::EnsEMBL::MiscFeature Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::AttributeAdaptor

new

  Arg [-CODE]        : string - the code for this attribute
  Arg [-NAME]        : string - a human readable name for this attribute
  Arg [-DESCRIPTION] : string - a description for this attribute
  Arg [-VALUE]       : value  - the value of this attribute
  Example            :   my $attribute = Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute->new
                         (-CODE => 'myCode',
                          -NAME => 'My Attribute',
                          -DESCRIPTION => 'This is my attribute description.',
                          -VALUE => '10023');
  Description        : Constructor.  Instantiates a Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute object.
  Returntype         : Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute
  Exceptions         : none
  Caller             : general
  Status             : Stable

new_fast

  Arg [1]    : hashref to be blessed
  Description: Construct a new Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute using the hashref.
  Exceptions : none
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute
  Caller     : general, subclass constructors
  Status     : Stable

code

  Arg [1]    : string $code (optional)
  Example    : $code = $attribute->code();
  Description: Getter/Setter for code attribute
  Returntype : string
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable

name

  Arg [1]    : string $name (optional)
  Example    : $name = $attribute->name();
  Description: Getter/Setter for name attribute
  Returntype : string
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable

description

  Arg [1]    : string $description (optional)
  Example    : $description = $attribute->description();
  Description: Getter/Setter for description attribute
  Returntype : string
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable

value

  Arg [1]    : string $value (optional)
  Example    : $value = $attribute->value();
  Description: Getter/Setter for value attribute
  Returntype : string
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable