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bioperl-0.7.2
/ Bio::DB::GDB

NAME

Bio::DB::GDB - Database object interface to GDB HTTP query

SYNOPSIS

    $gdb = new Bio::DB::GDB;

    $info = $gdb->get_info(-type=>'marker',
			     -id=>'D1S243'); # Marker name

   print "genbank id is ", $info->{'gdbid'},
    "\nprimers are (fwd, rev) ", join(",", @{$info->{'primers'}}), 
    "\nproduct length is ", $info->{'length'}, "\n";

DESCRIPTION

This class allows connections to the Genome Database (GDB) and queries to retrieve any database objects. See http://www.gdb.org/ or any mirror for details.

FEEDBACK

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Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via email or the web:

bioperl-bugs@bio.perl.org
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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason@chg.mc.duke.edu

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

ua

Title   : ua
Usage   : my $ua = $self->ua or 
          $self->ua($ua)
Function: Get/Set a LWP::UserAgent for use
Returns : reference to LWP::UserAgent Object
Args    : $ua - must be a LWP::UserAgent

get_params

Title   : get_params
Usage   : my %params = $self->get_params($mode)
Function: Returns key,value pairs to be passed to query
           for mode ('marker', 'gene')
Returns : a key,value pair hash
Args    : 'marker' or 'gene' mode for retrieval

get_info

 Title   : get_info
 Usage   : my $info = $self->get_info(-type => 'marker',
				      -id   => 'D1S234'); 
 Function: Returns key,value pairs specific
 Returns : a key,value pair hash
 Args    : -type => 'marker' or 'gene' mode for retrieval
           -id   => unique id to query for

get_request

Title   : get_request
Usage   : my $url = $self->get_request
Function: HTTP::Request
Returns : 
Args    : %qualifiers = a hash of qualifiers (ids, format, etc)