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bioperl-1.4
/ Bio::Search::DatabaseI

NAME

Bio::Search::DatabaseI - Interface for a database used in a sequence search

SYNOPSIS

Bio::Search::DatabaseI objects should not be instantiated since this module defines a pure interface.

Given an object that implements the Bio::Search::DatabaseI interface, you can do the following things with it:

$name = $db->name();

$date = $db->date();

$num_letters = $db->letters();

$num_entries = $db->entries();

DESCRIPTION

This module defines methods for an object that provides metadata information about a database used for sequence searching.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR

Steve Chervitz <sac@bioperl.org>

See the FEEDBACK section for where to send bug reports and comments.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001 Steve Chervitz. All Rights Reserved.

DISCLAIMER

This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.

name

Usage     : $name = $db->name();
Purpose   : Get the name of the database searched.
Returns   : String
Argument  : n/a

date

Usage     : $date = $db->date();
Purpose   : Get the creation date of the queried database.
Returns   : String
Argument  : n/a

letters

Usage     : $num_letters = $db->letters();
Purpose   : Get the number of letters in the queried database.
Returns   : Integer
Argument  : n/a

entries

Usage     : $num_entries = $db->entries();
Purpose   : Get the number of entries in the queried database.
Returns   : Integer
Argument  : n/a