name
Usage - print $dbxref->name() or $dbxref->name($name)
Returns - the dbxref name (string)
Args - the dbxref name (string) that follows this convention DB:ACC (ACC may be an empty string like some dbxrefs from the ChEBI ontology)
Function - gets/sets the dbxref name
db
Usage - print $dbxref->db() or $dbxref->db($db)
Returns - the dbxref db (string)
Args - the dbxref db (string)
Function - gets/sets the dbxref db
acc
Usage - print $dbxref->acc() or $dbxref->acc($acc)
Returns - the dbxref acc (string)
Args - the dbxref acc (string)
Function - gets/sets the dbxref acc
description
Usage - print $dbxref->description() or $dbxref->description($description)
Returns - the dbxref description (string)
Args - the dbxref description (string)
Function - gets/sets the dbxref description
modifier
Usage - print $dbxref->modifier() or $dbxref->modifier($modifier)
Returns - the optional trailing modifier (string)
Args - the optional trailing modifier (string)
Function - gets/sets the optional trailing modifier
as_string
Usage - print $dbxref->as_string()
Returns - returns this dbxref ([name "description" {modifier}]) as string
Args - none
Function - returns this dbxref as string
equals
Usage - print $dbxref->equals($another_dbxref)
Returns - either 1(true) or 0 (false)
Args - the dbxref(OBO::Core::Dbxref) to compare with
Function - tells whether this dbxref is equal to the parameter
NAME
OBO::Core::Dbxref - A database reference structure.
SYNOPSIS
use OBO::Core::Dbxref;
use strict;
# three new dbxref's
my $ref1 = OBO::Core::Dbxref->new;
my $ref2 = OBO::Core::Dbxref->new;
my $ref3 = OBO::Core::Dbxref->new;
$ref1->name("APO:vm");
$ref1->description("this is a description");
$ref1->modifier("{opt=123}");
$ref2->name("APO:ls");
$ref3->name("APO:ea");
my $ref4 = $ref3;
my $ref5 = OBO::Core::Dbxref->new;
$ref5->name("APO:vm");
$ref5->description("this is a description");
$ref5->modifier("{opt=123}");
DESCRIPTION
A dbxref object encapsules a reference for a universal.
AUTHOR
Erick Antezana, <erick.antezana -@- gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2006-2014 by Erick Antezana
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.7 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.