Bio::Search::DatabaseI(3)

NAME
Bio::Search::DatabaseI - Interface for a database used in a sequence search

SYNOPSIS
Bio::Search::DatabaseI objects should not be instantiated since this module defines a pure interface.

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

    $name = $db->name();

    $date = $db->date();

    $num_letters = $db->letters();

    $num_entries = $db->entries();

DESCRIPTION
This module defines methods for an object that provides metadata information about a database used for sequence searching.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR
Steve Chervitz <sac@bioperl.org>

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

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001 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.

  name
 Usage     : $name = $db->name();
 Purpose   : Get the name of the database searched.
 Returns   : String
 Argument  : n/a

  date
 Usage     : $date = $db->date();
 Purpose   : Get the creation date of the queried database.
 Returns   : String
 Argument  : n/a

  letters
 Usage     : $num_letters = $db->letters();
 Purpose   : Get the number of letters in the queried database.
 Returns   : Integer
 Argument  : n/a

  entries
 Usage     : $num_entries = $db->entries();
 Purpose   : Get the number of entries in the queried database.
 Returns   : Integer
 Argument  : n/a