Bio::AnnotatableI - the base interface an annotatable object must implement use Bio::SeqIO; # get an annotatable object somehow: for example, Bio::SeqI objects # are annotatable my $seqio = Bio::SeqIO->new(-fh => \*STDIN, -format => 'genbank); while (my $seq = $seqio->next_seq()) { # $seq is-a Bio::AnnotatableI, hence: my $ann_coll = $seq->annotation(); # $ann_coll is-a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI, hence: my @all_anns = $ann_coll->get_Annotations(); # do something with the annotation objects } This is the base interface that all annotatable objects must implement. A good example is Bio::Seq which is an AnnotableI object; if you are a little confused about what this module does, start a Bio::Seq.

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annotation
Title : annotation Usage : $obj->annotation($newval) Function: Get the annotation collection (see L<Bio::AnnotationCollectionI>) for this annotatable object. Example : Returns : a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI implementing object, or undef Args : on set, new value (a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI implementing object, optional) (an implementation may not support changing the annotation collection)