Raw content of Bio::EnsEMBL::Variation::Sample # Ensembl module for Bio::EnsEMBL::Variation::Sample # # Copyright (c) 2005 Ensembl # =head1 NAME Bio::EnsEMBL::Variation::Sample - An abstract base class to represent Population, Individual or Strain =head1 SYNOPSIS Abstract class - should not be instantiated. Implementation of abstract methods must be performed by subclasses. =head1 DESCRIPTION This is a base class representing population, individual and strain. This base class is simply a way of merging similar concepts that should have the same ID =head1 CONTACT Post questions to the Ensembl development list: ensembl-dev@ebi.ac.uk =head1 METHODS =cut use strict; use warnings; package Bio::EnsEMBL::Variation::Sample; use Bio::EnsEMBL::Storable; use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Argument qw(rearrange); use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Exception qw(throw); our @ISA = ('Bio::EnsEMBL::Storable'); =head2 name Arg [1] : string $newval (optional) The new value to set the name attribute to Example : $name = $obj->name() Description: Getter/Setter for the name attribute Returntype : string Exceptions : none Caller : general Status : At Risk =cut sub name{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'name'} = shift if(@_); return $self->{'name'}; } =head2 description Arg [1] : string $newval (optional) The new value to set the description attribute to Example : $description = $obj->description() Description: Getter/Setter for the description attribute Returntype : string Exceptions : none Caller : general Status : At Risk =cut sub description{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'description'} = shift if(@_); return $self->{'description'}; } =head2 size Arg [1] : int $newval (optional) The new value to set the size attribute to Example : $size = $obj->size() Description: Getter/Setter for the size attribute Returntype : int Exceptions : none Caller : general Status : At Risk =cut sub size{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'size'} = shift if(@_); return $self->{'size'}; } 1;