Raw content of Bio::EnsEMBL::ExternalData::Disease::Disease
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# BioPerl module for Bio::EnsEMBL::ExternalData::Disease::Disease
#
# Written by Arek Kasprzyk
#
# You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself
# POD documentation - main docs before the code
=head1 NAME
Bio::EnsEMBL::ExternalData::Disease::Disease
=head1 SYNOPSIS
# Instantiate an empty object.
$disease=new Bio::EnsEMBL::ExternalData::Disease::Disease;
$disease->name('...');
$disease->add_Location($location); # add DiseaseLocation object.
# Fetch objects by DBHandler.
# See DBHandler docs.
# Usage
my @locations=$disease->each_Location;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This object represents a disease, a container for DiseaseLocation objects
=head1 AUTHOR - Arek Kasprzyk
Email arek@ebi.ac.uk
Describe contact details here
=head1 APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
=cut
package Bio::EnsEMBL::ExternalData::Disease::Disease;
use strict;
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Root;
use vars qw(@ISA);
@ISA = qw(Bio::EnsEMBL::Root);
sub new
{
my($class,@locations) = @_;
my $self = bless {}, $class;
$self->{'_disease_location_array'} = [];
foreach my $location (@locations){$self->add_location($location);}
return $self;
}
=head2 name
Title : name
Usage :
Function: Get/set for disease brief. Refer to NCBI OMIM records
Example :
Returns :
Args :
=cut
sub name
{
my ($self,$value)=@_;
if( defined $value) {$self->{'name'} = $value;}
return $self->{'name'};
}
=head2 add_Location
Title : add_Location
Usage :
Function: attach a DiseaseLocation object.
Example :
Returns :
Args :
=cut
sub add_Location
{
my ($self,$location)=@_;
if( ! $location->isa("Bio::EnsEMBL::ExternalData::Disease::DiseaseLocation") ) {
$self->throw("$location is not a Bio::EnsEMBL::Disease::DiseaseLocation!");
}
push(@{$self->{'_disease_location_array'}},$location);
}
=head2 each_Location
Title : each_Location
Usage :
Function:
Example :
Returns : An array of DiseaseLocation objects.
Args : [None]
=cut
sub each_Location{
my ($self) = @_;
return @{$self->{'_disease_location_array'}};
}
1;