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2 # BioPerl module for Bio::Annotation::Comment
4 # Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org>
6 # Cared for by Ewan Birney <birney@ebi.ac.uk>
8 # Copyright Ewan Birney
10 # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself
12 # POD documentation - main docs before the code
14 =head1 NAME
16 Bio::Annotation::Comment - A comment object, holding text
18 =head1 SYNOPSIS
21 $comment = Bio::Annotation::Comment->new();
22 $comment->text("This is the text of this comment");
23 $annotation->add_Annotation('comment', $comment);
26 =head1 DESCRIPTION
28 A holder for comments in annotations, just plain text. This is a very simple
29 object, and justifiably so.
31 =head1 AUTHOR - Ewan Birney
33 Email birney@ebi.ac.uk
35 =head1 APPENDIX
37 The rest of the documentation details each of the object
38 methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
40 =cut
43 # Let the code begin...
45 package Bio::Annotation::Comment;
46 use strict;
48 use base qw(Bio::Root::Root Bio::AnnotationI);
50 =head2 new
52 Title : new
53 Usage : $comment = Bio::Annotation::Comment->new( '-text' => 'some text for this comment');
54 Function: This returns a new comment object, optionally with
55 text filed
56 Example :
57 Returns : a Bio::Annotation::Comment object
58 Args : a hash with -text optionally set
61 =cut
64 sub new {
65 my($class,@args) = @_;
67 my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args);
68 my ($text,$tag, $type) = $self->_rearrange([qw(TEXT TAGNAME TYPE)], @args);
70 defined $text && $self->text($text);
71 defined $tag && $self->tagname($tag);
72 defined $type && $self->type($type);
73 return $self;
76 =head1 AnnotationI implementing functions
78 =cut
80 =head2 as_text
82 Title : as_text
83 Usage :
84 Function:
85 Example :
86 Returns :
87 Args :
90 =cut
92 sub as_text{
93 my ($self) = @_;
95 return "Comment: ".$self->text;
98 =head2 display_text
100 Title : display_text
101 Usage : my $str = $ann->display_text();
102 Function: returns a string. Unlike as_text(), this method returns a string
103 formatted as would be expected for te specific implementation.
105 One can pass a callback as an argument which allows custom text
106 generation; the callback is passed the current instance and any text
107 returned
108 Example :
109 Returns : a string
110 Args : [optional] callback
112 =cut
115 my $DEFAULT_CB = sub {$_[0]->text || ''};
117 sub display_text {
118 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
119 $cb ||= $DEFAULT_CB;
120 $self->throw("Callback must be a code reference") if ref $cb ne 'CODE';
121 return $cb->($self);
126 =head2 hash_tree
128 Title : hash_tree
129 Usage :
130 Function:
131 Example :
132 Returns :
133 Args :
136 =cut
138 sub hash_tree{
139 my $self = shift;
141 my $h = {};
142 $h->{'text'} = $self->text;
143 return $h;
146 =head2 tagname
148 Title : tagname
149 Usage : $obj->tagname($newval)
150 Function: Get/set the tagname for this annotation value.
152 Setting this is optional. If set, it obviates the need to
153 provide a tag to Bio::AnnotationCollectionI when adding
154 this object. When obtaining an AnnotationI object from the
155 collection, the collection will set the value to the tag
156 under which it was stored unless the object has a tag
157 stored already.
159 Example :
160 Returns : value of tagname (a scalar)
161 Args : new value (a scalar, optional)
164 =cut
166 sub tagname{
167 my ($self,$value) = @_;
168 if( defined $value) {
169 $self->{'tagname'} = $value;
171 return $self->{'tagname'};
174 =head1 Specific accessors for Comments
176 =cut
179 =head2 text
181 Title : text
182 Usage : $value = $self->text($newval)
183 Function: get/set for the text field. A comment object
184 just holds a single string which is accessible through
185 this method
186 Example :
187 Returns : value of text
188 Args : newvalue (optional)
191 =cut
193 sub text{
194 my ($self,$value) = @_;
195 if( defined $value) {
196 $self->{'text'} = $value;
198 return $self->{'text'};
202 =head2 value
204 Title : value
205 Usage : $value = $self->value($newval)
206 Function: Alias of the 'text' method
207 Example :
208 Returns : value of text
209 Args : newvalue (optional)
212 =cut
215 *value = \&text;
217 =head2 type
219 Title : type
220 Usage : $value = $self->type($newval)
221 Function: get/set for the comment type field. The comment type
222 is normally found as a subfield within comment sections
223 in some files, such as SwissProt
224 Example :
225 Returns : value of text
226 Args : newvalue (optional)
229 =cut
231 sub type {
232 my ($self,$type) = @_;
233 if( defined $type) {
234 $self->{'type'} = $type;
236 return $self->{'type'};