type
Usage - print $synonym->type() or $synonym->type("EXACT")
Returns - the synonym type
Args - the synonym type: 'EXACT', 'BROAD', 'NARROW', 'RELATED'
Function - gets/sets the synonym name
def
Usage - print $synonym->def() or $synonym->def($def)
Returns - the synonym definition (CCO::Core::Def)
Args - the synonym definition (CCO::Core::Def)
Function - gets/sets the synonym definition
def_as_string
Usage - $synonym->def_as_string() or $synonym->def_as_string("Here goes the synonym.", "[GOC:elh, PMID:9334324]")
Returns - the synonym text (string)
Args - the synonym text plus the dbxref list describing the source of this definition
Function - gets/sets the definition of this synonym
equals
Usage - print $synonym->equals($another_synonym)
Returns - either 1 (true) or 0 (false)
Args - the synonym to compare with
Function - tells whether this synonym is equal to the parameter
NAME
CCO::Core::Synonym - A term synonym.
SYNOPSIS
use CCO::Core::Synonym;
use CCO::Core::Dbxref;
use strict;
my $syn1 = CCO::Core::Synonym->new();
my $syn2 = CCO::Core::Synonym->new();
my $syn3 = CCO::Core::Synonym->new();
my $syn4 = CCO::Core::Synonym->new();
# type
$syn1->type('EXACT');
$syn2->type('BROAD');
$syn3->type('NARROW');
$syn4->type('NARROW');
# def
my $def1 = CCO::Core::Def->new();
my $def2 = CCO::Core::Def->new();
my $def3 = CCO::Core::Def->new();
my $def4 = CCO::Core::Def->new();
$def1->text("Hola mundo1");
$def2->text("Hola mundo2");
$def3->text("Hola mundo3");
$def4->text("Hola mundo3");
my $ref1 = CCO::Core::Dbxref->new();
my $ref2 = CCO::Core::Dbxref->new();
my $ref3 = CCO::Core::Dbxref->new();
my $ref4 = CCO::Core::Dbxref->new();
$ref1->name("CCO:vm");
$ref2->name("CCO:ls");
$ref3->name("CCO:ea");
$ref4->name("CCO:ea");
my $refs_set1 = CCO::Util::DbxrefSet->new();
$refs_set1->add_all($ref1,$ref2,$ref3,$ref4);
$def1->dbxref_set($refs_set1);
$syn1->def($def1);
my $refs_set2 = CCO::Util::DbxrefSet->new();
$refs_set2->add($ref2);
$def2->dbxref_set($refs_set2);
$syn2->def($def2);
my $refs_set3 = CCO::Util::DbxrefSet->new();
$refs_set3->add($ref3);
$def3->dbxref_set($refs_set3);
$syn3->def($def3);
my $refs_set4 = CCO::Util::DbxrefSet->new();
$refs_set4->add($ref4);
$def4->dbxref_set($refs_set4);
$syn4->def($def4);
# def as string
$syn3->def_as_string("This is a dummy synonym", "[CCO:vm, CCO:ls, CCO:ea \"Erick Antezana\"]");
my @refs_syn3 = $syn3->def()->dbxref_set()->get_set();
my %r_syn3;
foreach my $ref_syn3 (@refs_syn3) {
$r_syn3{$ref_syn3->name()} = $ref_syn3->name();
}
DESCRIPTION
A synonym for a term held by the ontology. This synonym must have a type and definition (CCO::Core::Def) describing the origins of the synonym, and may indicate a synonym category or scope information.
The synonym scope may be one of four values: EXACT, BROAD, NARROW, RELATED.
A term may have any number of synonyms.
c.f. OBO flat file specification.
AUTHOR
Erick Antezana, <erant@psb.ugent.be>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2006 by erant
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.