Bio::Tools::EUtilities::Link::LinkSet(3)

NAME
Bio::Tools::EUtilities::Link::LinkSet - class for EUtils LinkSets

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

  get_ids
 Title    : get_ids
 Usage    : my @ids = $linkset->get_ids
 Function : returns list of retrieved IDs
 Returns  : array of IDs
 Args     : none
 Notes    : Cmd                   Description
            acheck                same as get_submitted_ids
            lcheck                same as get_submitted_ids
            ncheck                same as get_submitted_ids
            prlinks               same as get_submitted_ids
            llinks                same as get_submitted_ids
            llinkslib             same as get_submitted_ids
            neighbor              linked IDs for database in get_database
            neighbor_history      linked IDs for database in get_database

  get_database
 Title    : get_database
 Usage    : my $db = $info->get_database;
 Function : returns single database name (eutil-compatible).  This is the
            queried database. For elinks (which have 'db' and 'dbfrom')
            this is equivalent to db/dbto (use get_dbfrom() to for the latter).
            Note that this only returns the first db; in some cases this may
            not be what you want (when multiple dbs are queried, for instance)
 Returns  : string
 Args     : none
 Notes    : with all elink cmd arguments

  get_db (alias for get_database)

  get_dbto (alias for get_database)

  get_databases
 Title    : get_databases
 Usage    : my $string = $linkset->get_databases;
 Function : retrieve databases referred to for this linkset
            these may be present as a single database or embedded in
 Returns  : array of strings
 Args     : none

  get_dbs (alias for get_databases)

  get_dbfrom
 Title    : get_dbfrom
 Usage    : my $string = $linkset->get_dbfrom;
 Function : retrieve originating database for this linkset
 Returns  : string
 Args     : none

  get_link_names
 Title    : get_link_names
 Usage    : my $string = $linkset->get_link_names;
 Function : retrieve eutil-compatible link names
 Returns  : array of strings
 Args     : none
 Notes    : Each LinkSet can hold multiple LinkInfo objects (each containing
            a link name). Also, some LinkSets define a single link name. This
            returns an array with all unique linknames globbed both sources, if
            present and defined

  get_link_name
 Title    : get_link_name
 Usage    : my $string = $linkset->get_link_name;
 Function : retrieve eutil-compatible link name
 Returns  : single link name
 Args     : none

  get_submitted_ids
 Title    : get_submitted_ids
 Usage    : my $string = $linkset->get_submitted_ids;
 Function : retrieve original ID list
 Returns  : string
 Args     : none

  has_scores
 Title    : has_scores
 Usage    : if (my $linkset->has_scores) {...}
 Function : returns TRUE if score data is present
 Returns  : Boolean
 Args     : none

  get_scores
 Title    : get_scores
 Usage    : %scores = $linkset->get_scores;
 Function : returns flattened list or hash ref containing ID => score pairs
 Returns  : hash or hash ref (based on list or scalar context)
 Args     : none

  get_score_by_id
 Title    : get_score_by_id
 Usage    : $score = $linkset->get_score_by_id($id);
 Function : returns the score for a particular primary ID
 Returns  : integer
 Args     : [REQUIRED] Primary ID for the score lookup

  has_linkout
 Title    : has_linkout
 Usage    : if ($linkset->has_linkout) {...}
 Function : returns TRUE if the single ID present in this linkset has a linkout
 Returns  : boolean
 Args     : none
 Notes    : this checks cmd=lcheck (boolean for a linkout) and also backchecks
            cmd=acheck for databases with name 'LinkOut'

  has_neighbor
 Title    : has_neighbor
 Usage    : if ($linkset->has_neighbor) {...}
 Function : returns TRUE if the single ID present in this linkset has a neighbor
            in the same database
 Returns  : boolean
 Args     : none
 Notes    : this checks cmd=ncheck (boolean for a neighbor in same database); no
            other checks performed at this time

  next_UrlLink
 Title    : next_UrlLink
 Usage    : while (my $url = $linkset->next_UrlLink) {...}
 Function : iterate through UrlLink objects
 Returns  : Bio::Tools::EUtilities::Link::UrlLink
 Args     :

  get_UrlLinks
 Title    : get_UrlLinks
 Usage    : my @urls = $linkset->get_UrlLinks
 Function : returns all UrlLink objects
 Returns  : list of Bio::Tools::EUtilities::Link::UrlLink
 Args     :

  next_LinkInfo
 Title    : next_LinkInfo
 Usage    : while (my $info = $linkset->next_LinkInfo) {...}
 Function : iterate through LinkInfo objects
 Returns  : Bio::Tools::EUtilities::Link::LinkInfo
 Args     :

  get_LinkInfo
 Title    : get_LinkInfo
 Usage    : my @links = $linkset->get_LinkInfo
 Function : returns all LinkInfo objects
 Returns  : list of Bio::Tools::EUtilities::Link::LinkInfo
 Args     :

  rewind
 Title    : rewind
 Usage    : $info->rewind() # rewinds all (default)
            $info->rewind('links') # rewinds only links
 Function : 'rewinds' (resets) specified interators (all if no arg)
 Returns  : none
 Args     : [OPTIONAL] String:
            'all'       - all iterators (default)
            'linkinfo' or 'linkinfos'  - LinkInfo objects only
            'urllinks'   - UrlLink objects only

  to_string
 Title    : to_string
 Usage    : $foo->to_string()
 Function : converts current object to string
 Returns  : none
 Args     : (optional) simple data for text formatting
 Note     : Used generally for debugging and for various print methods