Bio::Search::Result::ResultI(3)

NAME
Bio::Search::Result::ResultI - Abstract interface to Search Result objects

SYNOPSIS
# Bio::Search::Result::ResultI objects cannot be instantiated since this # module defines a pure interface.

# Given an object that implements the Bio::Search::Result::ResultI interface, # you can do the following things with it:

    use Bio::SearchIO;
    my $io = Bio::SearchIO->new(-format => 'blast',
                                -file   => 't/data/HUMBETGLOA.tblastx');
    my $result = $io->next_result;
    while( $hit = $result->next_hit()) { # enter code here for hit processing
    }

    my $id = $result->query_name();

    my $desc = $result->query_description();

    my $dbname = $result->database_name();

    my $size = $result->database_letters();

    my $num_entries = $result->database_entries();

    my $gap_ext = $result->get_parameter('gapext');

    my @params = $result->available_parameters;

    my $kappa = $result->get_statistic('kappa');

    my @statnames = $result->available_statistics;

DESCRIPTION
Bio::Search::Result::ResultI objects are data structures containing the results from the execution of a search algorithm. As such, it may contain various algorithm specific information as well as details of the execution, but will contain a few fundamental elements, including the ability to return Bio::Search::Hit::HitI objects.

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AUTHOR
Aaron Mackey <amackey@virginia.edu> (original author)

Steve Chervitz <sac@bioperl.org>

See the FEEDBACK section for where to send bug reports and comments.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 Aaron Mackey, Steve Chervitz. All Rights Reserved.

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

APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

  next_hit
 Title   : next_hit
 Usage   : while( $hit = $result->next_hit()) { ... }
 Function: Returns the next available Hit object, representing potential
           matches between the query and various entities from the database.
 Returns : a Bio::Search::Hit::HitI object or undef if there are no more.
 Args    : none

  sort_hits
 Title          : sort_hits
 Usage          : $result->sort_hits(\&sort_function)
 Function       : Sorts the available hit objects by a user-supplied function. Defaults to sort
                  by descending score.
 Returns        : n/a
 Args           : A coderef for the sort function.  See the documentation on the Perl sort()
                  function for guidelines on writing sort functions.
 Note           : To access the special variables $a and $b used by the Perl sort() function
                  the user function must access Bio::Search::Result::ResultI namespace.
                  For example, use :
                  $result->sort_hits( sub{$Bio::Search::Result::ResultI::a->length <=>
                                              $Bio::Search::Result::ResultI::b->length});
                   NOT $result->sort_hits($a->length <=>$b->length);

  _default sort_hits
  Title : _default_sort_hits
  Usage : Do not call directly.
  Function: Sort hits in descending order by score
  Args  : None
  Returns: 1 on success
  Note  : Used by $result->sort_hits()

  query_name
 Title   : query_name
 Usage   : $id = $result->query_name();
 Function: Get the string identifier of the query used by the
           algorithm that performed the search.
 Returns : a string.
 Args    : none

  query_accession
 Title   : query_accession
 Usage   : $id = $result->query_accession();
 Function: Get the accession (if available) for the query sequence
 Returns : a string
 Args    : none

  query_length
 Title   : query_length
 Usage   : $id = $result->query_length();
 Function: Get the length of the query sequence
           used in the search.
 Returns : a number
 Args    : none

  query_description
 Title   : query_description
 Usage   : $id = $result->query_description();
 Function: Get the description of the query sequence
           used in the search.
 Returns : a string
 Args    : none

  database_name
 Title   : database_name
 Usage   : $name = $result->database_name()
 Function: Used to obtain the name of the database that the query was searched
           against by the algorithm.
 Returns : a scalar string
 Args    : none

  database_letters
 Title   : database_letters
 Usage   : $size = $result->database_letters()
 Function: Used to obtain the size of database that was searched against.
 Returns : a scalar integer (units specific to algorithm, but probably the
           total number of residues in the database, if available) or undef if
           the information was not available to the Processor object.
 Args    : none

  database_entries
 Title   : database_entries
 Usage   : $num_entries = $result->database_entries()
 Function: Used to obtain the number of entries contained in the database.
 Returns : a scalar integer representing the number of entities in the database
           or undef if the information was not available.
 Args    : none

  get_parameter
 Title   : get_parameter
 Usage   : my $gap_ext = $result->get_parameter('gapext')
 Function: Returns the value for a specific parameter used
           when running this result
 Returns : string
 Args    : name of parameter (string)

  available_parameters
 Title   : available_parameters
 Usage   : my @params = $result->available_parameters
 Function: Returns the names of the available parameters
 Returns : Return list of available parameters used for this result
 Args    : none

  get_statistic
 Title   : get_statistic
 Usage   : my $gap_ext = $result->get_statistic('kappa')
 Function: Returns the value for a specific statistic available
           from this result
 Returns : string
 Args    : name of statistic (string)

  available_statistics
 Title   : available_statistics
 Usage   : my @statnames = $result->available_statistics
 Function: Returns the names of the available statistics
 Returns : Return list of available statistics used for this result
 Args    : none

  algorithm
 Title   : algorithm
 Usage   : my $r_type = $result->algorithm
 Function: Obtain the name of the algorithm used to obtain the Result
 Returns : string (e.g., BLASTP)
 Args    : [optional] scalar string to set value

  algorithm_version
 Title   : algorithm_version
 Usage   : my $r_version = $result->algorithm_version
 Function: Obtain the version of the algorithm used to obtain the Result
 Returns : string (e.g., 2.1.2)
 Args    : [optional] scalar string to set algorithm version value

  algorithm_reference
 Title   : algorithm_reference
 Usage   : $obj->algorithm_reference($newval)
 Function:
 Returns : value of the literature reference for the algorithm
 Args    : newvalue (optional)
 Comments: The default implementation in ResultI returns an empty string
           rather than throwing a NotImplemented exception, since
           the ref may not always be available and is not critical.

  num_hits
 Title   : num_hits
 Usage   : my $hitcount= $result->num_hits
 Function: returns the number of hits for this query result
 Returns : integer
 Args    : none

  hits
 Title   : hits
 Usage   : my @hits = $result->hits
 Function: Returns the HitI objects contained within this Result
 Returns : Array of Bio::Search::Hit::HitI objects
 Args    : none

See Also: Bio::Search::Hit::HitI

  no_hits_found
 Usage     : $nohits = $blast->no_hits_found();
 Purpose   : Get boolean indicator indicating whether or not any hits
             were present in the report.

             This is NOT the same as determining the number of hits via
             the hits() method, which will return zero hits if there were no
             hits in the report or if all hits were filtered out during the parse.

             Thus, this method can be used to distinguish these possibilities
             for hitless reports generated when filtering.

 Returns   : Boolean
 Argument  : none

  set_no_hits_found
 Usage     : $blast->set_no_hits_found();
 Purpose   : Set boolean indicator indicating whether or not any hits
             were present in the report.
 Returns   : n/a
 Argument  : none