Bio::DB::GFF::Featname -- The name of a feature use Bio::DB::GFF; my $db = Bio::DB::GFF->new( -adaptor => 'dbi:mysql', -dsn => 'dbi:mysql:elegans42'); my $feature = Bio::DB::GFF::Featname->new(Locus => 'unc-19'); my $segment = $db->segment($feature); Bio::DB::GFF::Featname is the name of a feature. It contains two fields: name and class. It is typically used by the Bio::DB::GFF module to denote a group, and is accepted by Bio::DB::Relsegment->new() and Bio::DB::GFF->segment() as a replacement for the -name and -class arguments.

new
Title : new Usage : $name = Bio::DB::GFF::Featname->new($class,$name) Function: create a new Bio::DB::GFF::Featname object Returns : a new Bio::DB::GFF::Featname object Args : class and ID Status : Public

id
Title : id Usage : $id = $name->id Function: return a unique ID for the combination of class and name Returns : a string Args : none Status : Public This method returns a unique combination of the name and class in the form "class:name". Coincidentally, this is the same format used by AceDB.

name
Title : name Usage : $name = $name->name Function: return the name of the Featname Returns : a string Args : none Status : Public

class
Title : class Usage : $class = $name->class Function: return the name of the Featname Returns : a string Args : none Status : Public

asString
Title : asString Usage : $string = $name->asString Function: same as name() Returns : a string Args : none Status : Public This method is used to overload the "" operator. It is equivalent to calling name().

clone
Title : clone Usage : $new_clone = $type->clone; Function: clone this object Returns : a new Bio::DB::GFF::Featname object Args : none Status : Public This method creates an exact copy of the object. This module is still under development. bioperl, Bio::DB::GFF, Bio::DB::RelSegment Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>. Copyright (c) 2001 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.