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Summary

Bio::Biblio::Patent - Representation of a patent

Package variables

Included modules

Inherit

Bio::Biblio::Ref

Synopsis

    $obj = new Bio::Biblio::Patent (-doc_number => '1-2-3-4-5');

 --- OR ---

    $obj = new Bio::Biblio::Patent;
    $obj->doc_number ('1-2-3-4-5');

Description

A storage object for a patent.
See its place in the class hierarchy in
http://industry.ebi.ac.uk/openBQS/images/bibobjects_perl.gif The following attributes are specific to this class
(however, you can also set and get all attributes defined in the parent classes):

  doc_number
  doc_office
  doc_type
  applicants       type: array ref of Bio::Biblio::Providers

Methods

Methods description

None available.

Methods code

sub _accessible {

	my ($self, $attr) = @_;
	exists $_allowed{$attr} or $self->SUPER::_accessible ($attr);
    }

    # return an expected type of given $attr

}

sub _attr_type {

	my ($self, $attr) = @_;
	if (exists $_allowed{$attr}) {
	    return $_allowed{$attr};
	} else {
	    return $self->SUPER::_attr_type ($attr);
	}
    }
}

1;
__END__

}

General documentation

    OpenBQS home page: http://industry.ebi.ac.uk/openBQS
    Comments to the Perl client: http://industry.ebi.ac.uk/openBQS/Client_perl.html

User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other
Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to
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Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track
of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via
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  bioperl-bugs@bioperl.org
  http://bugzilla.bioperl.org/

Heikki Lehvaslaiho (heikki@ebi.ac.uk),
Martin Senger (senger@ebi.ac.uk)

Copyright (c) 2002 European Bioinformatics Institute. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.

This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.