Bio::Search::DatabaseI - Interface for a database used in a sequence search 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(); This module defines methods for an object that provides metadata information about a database used for sequence searching.

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Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via email or the web: bioperl-bugs@bio.perl.org http://bugzilla.bioperl.org/ Steve Chervitz <sac@bioperl.org> See the FEEDBACK section for where to send bug reports and comments. Copyright (c) 2001 Steve Chervitz. All Rights Reserved. This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. 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