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# BioPerl module for Bio::Factory::ObjectBuilderI
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# Cared for by Hilmar Lapp <hlapp at gmx.net>
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# Copyright Hilmar Lapp
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# POD documentation - main docs before the code
=head1 NAME
Bio::Factory::ObjectBuilderI - Interface for an object builder
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Give standard usage here
=head1 DESCRIPTION
An object builder is different from an object factory in that it
accumulates information for the object and finally, or constantly,
depending on the implementation, builds the object. It also allows for
implementations that can tell the information feed in which kind of
information the builder is interested in which not. In addition, the
implementation may choose to filter, transform, or completely ignore
certain content it is fed for certain slots.
Implementations will hence be mostly used by stream-based parsers to
parse only desired content, and/or skip over undesired entries.
=head1 FEEDBACK
=head2 Mailing Lists
User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other
Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to
the Bioperl mailing list. Your participation is much appreciated.
bioperl-l@bioperl.org - General discussion
http://bioperl.org/MailList.shtml - About the mailing lists
=head2 Reporting Bugs
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
email or the web:
bioperl-bugs@bioperl.org
http://bugzilla.bioperl.org/
=head1 AUTHOR - Hilmar Lapp
Email hlapp at gmx.net
Describe contact details here
=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
Additional contributors names and emails here
=head1 APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
=cut
# Let the code begin...
package Bio::Factory::ObjectBuilderI;
use vars qw(@ISA);
use strict;
use Carp;
use Bio::Root::RootI;
@ISA = qw( Bio::Root::RootI );
=head2 want_slot
Title : want_slot
Usage :
Function: Whether or not the object builder wants to populate the
specified slot of the object to be built.
The slot can be specified either as the name of the
respective method, or the initialization parameter that
would be otherwise passed to new() of the object to be
built.
Example :
Returns : TRUE if the object builder wants to populate the slot, and
FALSE otherwise.
Args : the name of the slot (a string)
=cut
sub want_slot{
shift->throw_not_implemented();
}
=head2 add_slot_value
Title : add_slot_value
Usage :
Function: Adds one or more values to the specified slot of the object
to be built.
Naming the slot is the same as for want_slot().
The object builder may further filter the content to be
set, or even completely ignore the request.
If this method reports failure, the caller should not add
more values to the same slot. In addition, the caller may
find it appropriate to abandon the object being built
altogether.
Example :
Returns : TRUE on success, and FALSE otherwise
Args : the name of the slot (a string)
parameters determining the value to be set
=cut
sub add_slot_value{
shift->throw_not_implemented();
}
=head2 want_object
Title : want_object
Usage :
Function: Whether or not the object builder is still interested in
continuing with the object being built.
If this method returns FALSE, the caller should not add any
more values to slots, or otherwise risks that the builder
throws an exception. In addition, make_object() is likely
to return undef after this method returned FALSE.
Example :
Returns : TRUE if the object builder wants to continue building
the present object, and FALSE otherwise.
Args : none
=cut
sub want_object{
shift->throw_not_implemented();
}
=head2 make_object
Title : make_object
Usage :
Function: Get the built object.
This method is allowed to return undef if no value has ever
been added since the last call to make_object(), or if
want_object() returned FALSE (or would have returned FALSE)
before calling this method.
For an implementation that allows consecutive building of
objects, a caller must call this method once, and only
once, between subsequent objects to be built. I.e., a call
to make_object implies 'end_object.'
Example :
Returns : the object that was built
Args : none
=cut
sub make_object{
shift->throw_not_implemented();
}
1;
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