use Bio::MAGE::Base;
# creating an empty instance
my $array = Bio::MAGE::Base->new();
The base-class for all other Bio::MAGE classes
The following methods can all be called without first having an
instance of the class via the Bio::MAGE::Base->methodname() syntax.
new()set_slots(%parameters)set_slots() method is used to set a number of slots at the same
time. It has two different invocation methods. The first takes a named
parameter list, and the second takes two array references.
Return value: none
Side effects: will call croak() if a slot_name is used that the class
does not define.
get_slots(@name_list)get_slots() method is used to get the values of a number of
slots at the same time.
Return value: a list of instance objects
Side effects: none
set_slot($name,$val)set_slot() method sets the slot $name to the value $val
Return value: the new value of the slot, i.e. $val
Side effects: none
get_slot($name)get_slot() method is used to get the values of a number of
slots at the same time.
Return value: a single slot value, or undef if the slot has not been initialized.
Side effects: none
get_slot_names()get_slot_names() method is used to retrieve the name of all
slots defined for a given object.
Return value: a single slot value, or undef if the slot has not been initialized.
Side effects: none
This class is hand-written
Please send bug reports to mged-mage@lists.sf.net
Jason E. Stewart (jason@openinformatics.com)
perl(1).