Bio::SearchIO::SearchWriterI(3)

NAME
Bio::SearchIO::SearchWriterI - Interface for outputting parsed Search results

SYNOPSIS
Bio::SearchIO::SearchWriterI objects cannot be instantiated since this module defines a pure interface.

Given an object that implements the Bio::SearchIO::SearchWriterI interface, you can do the following things with it:

    print $writer->to_string( $result_obj, @args );

DESCRIPTION
This module defines abstract methods that all subclasses must implement to be used for outputting results from Bio::Search::Result::ResultI objects.

AUTHOR
Steve Chervitz <sac@bioperl.org>

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

APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.

  to_string
 Purpose   : Produces data for each Search::Result::ResultI in a string.
           : This is an abstract method. For some useful implementations,
           : see ResultTableWriter.pm, HitTableWriter.pm,
           : and HSPTableWriter.pm.
 Usage     : print $writer->to_string( $result_obj, @args );
 Argument  : $result_obj = A Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object
           : @args = any additional arguments used by your implementation.
 Returns   : String containing data for each search Result or any of its
           : sub-objects (Hits and HSPs).
 Throws    : n/a

  start_report
 Title   : start_report
 Usage   : $self->start_report()
 Function: The method to call when starting a report. You can override it
           to make a custom header
 Returns : string
 Args    : none

  end_report
 Title   : end_report
 Usage   : $self->end_report()
 Function: The method to call when ending a report, this is
           mostly for cleanup for formats which require you to
           have something at the end of the document (</BODY></HTML>)
           for HTML
 Returns : string
 Args    : none

  filter
 Title   : filter
 Usage   : $writer->filter('hsp', \&hsp_filter);
 Function: Filter out either at HSP,Hit,or Result level
 Returns : none
 Args    : string => data type,
           CODE reference