NAME
GO::Model::Root
DESCRIPTION
base class for all GO::Model objects
Constructors
new
Constructor: Basically just calls _initialize(). Most subclasses should not need to override new, but instead should override _initialize().
If _initialize() fails , the procedure will die
WARNING: This procedure will die if initialization is unsuccessful. Use an eval statement to catch such exceptions.
obj_factory
Usage - $obj->obj_factory->create_new_term_object($h);
Alias - apph
Returns - L<GO::ObjFactory>
Args - none
sprint_self
Prints out a description of the object to a string.
dump
dumps the object (can be read back in with eval)
namespace
Usage - print $term->namespace(); # getting the type
Usage - $term->namespace("molecular_function"); # setting the type
Alias - type
Alias - term_type
Alias - category
Alias - ontology
Returns - string representing type
Args - string represnting type [optional]
The OBO namespace for the GO::Model::Term or GO::Model::Relationship
_cleanup
Called at object destruction time. Should be overridden to perform cleanup tasks.