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bioperl-run-1.5.2_100
/ Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory

NAME

Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory - A directory of analysis tools

SYNOPSIS

# list all available analyses from the default location,
# using a default (SOAP) access method
use Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory;
my $list = new Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory
              ->available_analyses;
use Data::Dumper; print Dumper ($list);

# ditto, but from a different location
use Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory;
my $list =
   new Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory (-location => 'http://somewhere/something')
              ->available_analyses;

# ...and using a different access method
# (this example is not yet impelmented)
use Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory;
my $list =
   new Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory (-location => 'http://somewhere/something',
                                         -access => 'novella')
              ->available_analyses;

# list available categories of analyses
use Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory;
my $categories =
   new Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory
              ->available_categories;
use Data::Dumper; print Dumper ($categories);

# show all analyses group by categories
use Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory;
my $factory = new Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory;
foreach $cat ( @{ $factory->available_categories } ) {
  my @sublist = @{ $factory->available_analyses ($cat) };
  print "$cat:\n\t",
        join ("\n\t", @{ $factory->available_analyses ($cat) }),
        "\n";
}

# create an analysis object
use Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory;
$service = new Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory
               ->create_analysis ('edit.seqret');
$service->run (
              #...
              )->results;

DESCRIPTION

The module represents a list of available analysis tools from a given location using a given access method. Additionally, for any of the available analyses, it can create an object of type Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis.

The module is a higher-level abstraction whose main job is to load a 'real-work-doing' implementation. Which one is used, it depends on the -access parameter. The same design is used here as for Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis module.

There is available a SOAP access to almost all EMBOSS applications, running at European Bioinformatics Institute.

The documentation of all public methods are to be found in Bio::Factory::AnalysisI.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR

Martin Senger (martin.senger@gmail.com)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2003, Martin Senger and EMBL-EBI. All Rights Reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

DISCLAIMER

This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

SEE ALSO

  • http://www.ebi.ac.uk/soaplab/Perl_Client.html

APPENDIX

Here is the rest of the object methods. Internal methods are preceded with an underscore _.

new

 Usage   : my $factory =
             new Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory (-access => 'soap',
                                                   -location => 'http://...');
 Returns : a new Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory object representing a list
           of available analyses
 Args    : There may be additional arguments which are specific
           to the access method (see methods 'new' or '_initialize'
           of the access-specific implementations (such as module
	   Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory::soap for a SOAP-based access).

           The recognised and used arguments are:
             -access
             -location
             -httpproxy
             -timeout

It builds, populates and returns a new Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory object. This is how it is seen from the outside. But in fact, it builds, populates and returns a more specific lower-level object, for example Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory::soap object - which one it is it depends on the -access parameter.

-access

It indicates what lower-level module to load. Default is 'soap'. Other (but future) possibilities are:

-access => 'novella'
-access => 'local'
-location

A location of the service. The contents is access-specific (see details in the lower-level implementation modules).

Default is http://www.ebi.ac.uk/soaplab/services (there are services running at European Bioinformatics Institute on top of most of EMBOSS analyses, and on some others).

-httpproxy

In addition to the location parameter, you may need to specify also a location/URL of an HTTP proxy server (if your site requires one). The expected format is http://server:port. There is no default value. It is also an access-specific parameter which may not be used by all access methods.

-timeout

For long(er) running jobs the HTTP connection may be time-outed. In order to avoid it (or, vice-versa, to call timeout sooner) you may specify timeout with the number of seconds the connection will be kept alive. Zero means to keep it alive forever. The default value is two minutes.

_load_access_module

Usage   : $class->_load_access_module ($access)
Returns : 1 on success, undef on failure
Args    : 'access' should contain the last part of the
          name of a module who does the real implementation

It does (in the run-time) a similar thing as

require Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory::$access

It prints an error on STDERR if it fails to find and load the module (for example, because of the compilation errors in the module).

_guess_access

Usage   : $class->_guess_access ($rh_params)
Returns : string with a guessed access protocol (e.g. 'soap'),
          or undef if the guessing failed
Args    : 'rh_params' is a hash reference containing parameters given
          to the 'new' method.

It makes an expert guess what kind of access/transport protocol should be used to access the underlying analysis. The guess is based on the parameters in rh_params. Rememeber that this method is called only if there was no -access parameter which could tell directly what access method to use.

VERSION and Revision

Usage   : print $Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory::VERSION;
          print $Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory::Revision;