NAME

Bio::SearchIO::EventHandlerI - An abstract Event Handler for Search Result parsing

SYNOPSIS

# do not use this object directly it is an interface # See Bio::SearchIO::SearchResultEventBuilder for an implementation

use Bio::SearchIO::SearchResultEventBuilder;
my $handler = new Bio::SearchIO::SearchResultEventBuilder();

DESCRIPTION

This interface describes the basic methods needed to handle Events thrown from parsing a Search Result such as FASTA, BLAST, or HMMer.

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APPENDIX

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

start_result

Title   : start_result
Usage   : $handler->start_result($data)
Function: Begins a result event cycle
Returns : none 
Args    : Type of Result

end_result

Title   : end_result
Usage   : $handler->end_result($data)
Function: Ends a result event cycle
Returns : Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object
Args    : none

start_hsp

Title   : start_hsp
Usage   : $handler->start_hsp($data)
Function: Start a HSP event cycle
Returns : none
Args    : type of element
          associated hashref

end_hsp

Title   : end_hsp
Usage   : $handler->end_hsp()
Function: Ends a HSP event cycle
Returns : Bio::Search::HSP::HSPI object
Args    : type of event and associated hashref

start_hit

Title   : start_hit
Usage   : $handler->start_hit()
Function: Starts a Hit event cycle
Returns : none
Args    : type of event and associated hashref

end_hit

Title   : end_hit
Usage   : $handler->end_hit()
Function: Ends a Hit event cycle
Returns : Bio::Search::Hit::HitI object
Args    : type of event and associated hashref

register_factory

Title   : register_factory
Usage   : $handler->register_factory('TYPE',$factory);
Function: Register a specific factory for a object type class
Returns : none
Args    : string representing the class and
          Bio::Factory::ObjectFactoryI

See Bio::Factory::ObjectFactoryI for more information

factory

Title   : factory
Usage   : my $f = $handler->factory('TYPE');
Function: Retrieves the associated factory for requested 'TYPE'
Returns : a Bio::Factory::ObjectFactoryI
Throws  : Bio::Root::BadParameter if none registered for the supplied type
Args    : name of factory class to retrieve

See Bio::Factory::ObjectFactoryI for more information

Bio::Event::EventHandlerI methods

will_handle

Title   : will_handle
Usage   : if( $handler->will_handle($event_type) ) { ... }
Function: Tests if this event builder knows how to process a specific event
Returns : boolean
Args    : event type name

SAX methods

See Bio::Event::EventHandlerI for the additional SAX methods.