Bio::S...abaseI(3pm)

🌸 NAME 🌸

Bio::Search::DatabaseI — it's the interface for a database that gets used in a sequence search. That's the whole vibe. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Okay bestie, listen: you do not instantiate Bio::Search::DatabaseI objects. Like, ever. This module is a pure interface, so there's nothing to actually build here — it's just the blueprint, the aura, the contract. periodt.

But once you've got some object that implements the Bio::Search::DatabaseI interface, here's all the cute stuff you can do with it:

$name = $db->name();

$date = $db->date();

$num_letters = $db->letters();

$num_entries = $db->entries();

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This module lays out the methods for an object that hands you metadata information about a database used for sequence searching. It's giving "tell me about the database, not the results." iconic

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💌 FEEDBACK 💌

📬 Mailing Lists

User feedback is literally an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to one of the Bioperl mailing lists — your participation is so appreciated, no cap. 🫶

bioperl-l@bioperl.org                  - General discussion
http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists  - About the mailing lists

🫂 Support

Please direct usage questions and support issues to the mailing list:

bioperl-l@bioperl.org

...rather than sliding into the module maintainer's DMs directly. There are so many experienced and responsive experts who can look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible. That part is not optional, bestie — it's the whole assignment. ✨

🐛 Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system so we can keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live/issues

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Steve Chervitz <sac@bioperl.org>

See the FEEDBACK section for where to send bug reports and comments. 💖

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©️ COPYRIGHT ©️

Copyright (c) 2001 Steve Chervitz. All Rights Reserved.

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🙈 DISCLAIMER 🙈

This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Read that again. No warranty. None. Zero. Zip. 😭

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📖 APPENDIX 📖

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Every single one. Let's go. 💅

name

• Usage — $name = $db->name();
• Purpose — Get the name of the database searched.
• Returns — String
• Argument — n/a

date

• Usage — $date = $db->date();
• Purpose — Get the creation date of the queried database.
• Returns — String
• Argument — n/a

letters

• Usage — $num_letters = $db->letters();
• Purpose — Get the number of letters in the queried database.
• Returns — Integer
• Argument — n/a

entries

• Usage — $num_entries = $db->entries();
• Purpose — Get the number of entries in the queried database.
• Returns — Integer
• Argument — n/a

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Okay that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 This was documented under User Contributed Perl Documentation, running on perl v5.32.1, and the page is dated 2021-08-15. Slay, go search some sequences. 🧚🌸🦋