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NAME

Bio::DB::BioSQL::RelationshipAdaptor - DESCRIPTION of Object

SYNOPSIS

Give standard usage here

DESCRIPTION

Bio::Ontology::RelationshipI DB adaptor

FEEDBACK

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Support

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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

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:

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http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/

AUTHOR - Hilmar Lapp

Email hlapp at gmx.net

APPENDIX

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

new

Title : new
Usage :
Function: Instantiates the persistence adaptor.
Example :
Returns :
Args :

get_persistent_slots

Title : get_persistent_slots
Usage :
Function: Get the slots of the object that map to attributes in its respective
entity in the datastore.
Slots should be methods callable without an argument.
Example :
Returns : an array of method names constituting the serializable slots
Args : the object about to be inserted or updated

get_persistent_slot_values

Title : get_persistent_slot_values
Usage :
Function: Obtain the values for the slots returned by get_persistent_slots(),
in exactly that order.
Example :
Returns : A reference to an array of values for the persistent slots of this
object. Individual values may be undef.
Args : The object about to be serialized.
A reference to an array of foreign key objects if not retrievable
from the object itself.

get_foreign_key_objects

Title : get_foreign_key_objects
Usage :
Function: Gets the objects referenced by this object, and which therefore need
to be referenced as foreign keys in the datastore.
Note that the objects are expected to implement
Bio::DB::PersistentObjectI.
An implementation needs to make sure that the
order of foreign key objects returned is always the same.
Example :
Returns : an array of Bio::DB::PersistentObjectI implementing objects
Args : The object about to be inserted or updated, or undef if the call
is for a SELECT query. In the latter case return class or interface
names that are mapped to the foreign key tables.
Optionally, additional named parameters. A common parameter
will be -fkobjs, with a reference to an array of foreign
key objects that are not retrievable from the persistent
object itself.

attach_foreign_key_objects

Title : attach_foreign_key_objects
Usage :
Function: Attaches foreign key objects to the given object as far as
necessary.
This method is called after find_by_XXX() queries, not for INSERTs
or UPDATEs.
Example :
Returns : TRUE on success, and FALSE otherwise.
Args : The object to which to attach foreign key objects.
A reference to an array of foreign key values, in the order of
foreign keys returned by get_foreign_key_objects().

remove_children

Title : remove_children
Usage :
Function: This method is to cascade deletes in maintained objects.
We just return TRUE here.
Example :
Returns : TRUE on success and FALSE otherwise
Args : The persistent object that was just removed from the database.
Additional (named) parameter, as passed to remove().

instantiate_from_row

Title : instantiate_from_row
Usage :
Function: Instantiates the class this object is an adaptor for, and populates
it with values from columns of the row.
This implementation call populate_from_row() to do the real job.
Example :
Returns : An object, or undef, if the row contains no values
Args : A reference to an array of column values. The first column is the
primary key, the other columns are expected to be in the order
returned by get_persistent_slots().
Optionally, the object factory to be used for instantiating the
proper class. The adaptor must be able to instantiate a default
class if this value is undef.

populate_from_row

Title : populate_from_row
Usage :
Function: Instantiates the class this object is an adaptor for, and populates
it with values from columns of the row.
Example :
Returns : An object, or undef, if the row contains no values
Args : The object to be populated.
A reference to an array of column values. The first column is the
primary key, the other columns are expected to be in the order
returned by get_persistent_slots().

get_unique_key_query

Title : get_unique_key_query
Usage :
Function: Obtain the suitable unique key slots and values as determined by the
attribute values of the given object and the additional foreign
key objects, in case foreign keys participate in a UK.
Example :
Returns : One or more references to hash(es) where each hash
represents one unique key, and the keys of each hash
represent the names of the object's slots that are part of
the particular unique key and their values are the values
of those slots as suitable for the key.
Args : The object with those attributes set that constitute the chosen
unique key (note that the class of the object will be suitable for
the adaptor).
A reference to an array of foreign key objects if not retrievable
from the object itself.

remove_all_relationships

Title : remove_all_relationships
Usage :
Function: Removes all relationships within a given ontology.
This is mostly a convenience method for calling
remove_association() with the appropriate arguments.
Example :
Returns : TRUE on success and FALSE otherwise
Args : the ontology as an Bio::Ontology::OntologyI compliant object

Methods overriden from BasePersistenceAdaptor

Private methods

These are mostly convenience and/or short-hand methods.

_ont_adaptor

Title : _ont_adaptor
Usage : $obj->_ont_adaptor($newval)
Function: Get/set the ontology persistence adaptor.
Example :
Returns : value of _ont_adaptor (a Bio::DB::PersistenceAdaptorI object)
Args : on set, new value (a Bio::DB::PersistenceAdaptorI object
or undef, optional)

_term_adaptor

Title : _term_adaptor
Usage : $obj->_term_adaptor($newval)
Function: Get/set the ontology term persistence adaptor.
Example :
Returns : value of _term_adaptor (a Bio::DB::PersistenceAdaptorI object)
Args : on set, new value (a Bio::DB::PersistenceAdaptorI object
or undef, optional)