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NAME

       Bio::DasI - DAS-style access to a feature database

SYNOPSIS

         # Open up a feature database somehow...
         $db = Bio::DasI->new(@args);

         @segments = $db->segment(-name  => 'NT_29921.4',
                                  -start => 1,
                                  -end   => 1000000);

         # segments are Bio::Das::SegmentI - compliant objects

         # fetch a list of features
         @features = $db->features(-type=>['type1','type2','type3']);

         # invoke a callback over features
         $db->features(-type=>['type1','type2','type3'],
                       -callback => sub { ... }
                       );

         $stream   = $db->get_seq_stream(-type=>['type1','type2','type3']);
         while (my $feature = $stream->next_seq) {
            # each feature is a Bio::SeqFeatureI-compliant object
         }

         # get all feature types
         @types   = $db->types;

         # count types
         %types   = $db->types(-enumerate=>1);

         @feature = $db->get_feature_by_name($class=>$name);
         @feature = $db->get_feature_by_target($target_name);
         @feature = $db->get_feature_by_attribute($att1=>$value1,$att2=>$value2);
         $feature = $db->get_feature_by_id($id);

         $error = $db->error;

DESCRIPTION

       Bio::DasI is a simplified alternative interface to sequence annotation databases used by
       the distributed annotation system (see Bio::Das). In this scheme, the genome is
       represented as a series of features, a subset of which are named.  Named features can be
       used as reference points for retrieving "segments" (see Bio::Das::SegmentI), and these
       can, in turn, be used as the basis for exploring the genome further.

       In addition to a name, each feature has a "class", which is essentially a namespace
       qualifier and a "type", which describes what type of feature it is.  Das uses the GO
       consortium's ontology of feature types, and so the type is actually an object of class
       Bio::Das::FeatureTypeI (see Bio::Das::FeatureTypeI). Bio::DasI provides methods for
       interrogating the database for the types it contains and the counts of each type.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Lincoln Stein

       Email lstein@cshl.org

APPENDIX

       The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are
       usually preceded with a _

   new
        Title   : new
        Usage   : Bio::DasI->new(@args)
        Function: Create new Bio::DasI object
        Returns : a Bio::DasI object
        Args    : see below

       The new() method creates a new object.  The argument list is either a single argument
       consisting of a connection string, or the following list of -name=>value arguments:

          Argument        Description
          --------        -----------

          -dsn            Connection string for database
          -adaptor        Name of an adaptor class to use when connecting
          -aggregator     Array ref containing list of aggregators
                            "semantic mappers" to apply to database
          -user           Authentication username
          -pass           Authentication password

       Implementors of DasI may add other arguments.

   types
        Title   : types
        Usage   : $db->types(@args)
        Function: return list of feature types in database
        Returns : a list of Bio::Das::FeatureTypeI objects
        Args    : see below

       This routine returns a list of feature types known to the database. It is also possible to
       find out how many times each feature occurs.

       Arguments are -option=>value pairs as follows:

         -enumerate  if true, count the features

       The returned value will be a list of Bio::Das::FeatureTypeI objects (see
       Bio::Das::FeatureTypeI.

       If -enumerate is true, then the function returns a hash (not a hash reference) in which
       the keys are the stringified versions of Bio::Das::FeatureTypeI and the values are the
       number of times each feature appears in the database.

   parse_types
        Title   : parse_types
        Usage   : $db->parse_types(@args)
        Function: parses list of types
        Returns : an array ref containing ['method','source'] pairs
        Args    : a list of types in 'method:source' form
        Status  : internal

       This method takes an array of type names in the format "method:source" and returns an
       array reference of ['method','source'] pairs.  It will also accept a single argument
       consisting of an array reference with the list of type names.

   segment
        Title   : segment
        Usage   : $db->segment(@args);
        Function: create a segment object
        Returns : segment object(s)
        Args    : see below

       This method generates a Bio::Das::SegmentI object (see Bio::Das::SegmentI).  The segment
       can be used to find overlapping features and the raw sequence.

       When making the segment() call, you specify the ID of a sequence landmark (e.g. an
       accession number, a clone or contig), and a positional range relative to the landmark.  If
       no range is specified, then the entire region spanned by the landmark is used to generate
       the segment.

       Arguments are -option=>value pairs as follows:

        -name         ID of the landmark sequence.

        -class        A namespace qualifier.  It is not necessary for the
                      database to honor namespace qualifiers, but if it
                      does, this is where the qualifier is indicated.

        -version      Version number of the landmark.  It is not necessary for
                      the database to honor versions, but if it does, this is
                      where the version is indicated.

        -start        Start of the segment relative to landmark.  Positions
                      follow standard 1-based sequence rules.  If not specified,
                      defaults to the beginning of the landmark.

        -end          End of the segment relative to the landmark.  If not specified,
                      defaults to the end of the landmark.

       The return value is a list of Bio::Das::SegmentI objects.  If the method is called in a
       scalar context and there are no more than one segments that satisfy the request, then it
       is allowed to return the segment.  Otherwise, the method must throw a "multiple segment
       exception".

   features
        Title   : features
        Usage   : $db->features(@args)
        Function: get all features, possibly filtered by type
        Returns : a list of Bio::SeqFeatureI objects
        Args    : see below
        Status  : public

       This routine will retrieve features in the database regardless of position.  It can be
       used to return all features, or a subset based on their type

       Arguments are -option=>value pairs as follows:

         -types     List of feature types to return.  Argument is an array
                    of Bio::Das::FeatureTypeI objects or a set of strings
                    that can be converted into FeatureTypeI objects.

         -callback   A callback to invoke on each feature.  The subroutine
                     will be passed each Bio::SeqFeatureI object in turn.

         -attributes A hash reference containing attributes to match.

       The -attributes argument is a hashref containing one or more attributes to match against:

         -attributes => { Gene => 'abc-1',
                          Note => 'confirmed' }

       Attribute matching is simple exact string matching, and multiple attributes are ANDed
       together.  See Bio::DB::ConstraintsI for a more sophisticated take on this.

       If one provides a callback, it will be invoked on each feature in turn.  If the callback
       returns a false value, iteration will be interrupted.  When a callback is provided, the
       method returns undef.

   get_feature_by_name
        Title   : get_feature_by_name
        Usage   : $db->get_feature_by_name(-class=>$class,-name=>$name)
        Function: fetch features by their name
        Returns : a list of Bio::SeqFeatureI objects
        Args    : the class and name of the desired feature
        Status  : public

       This method can be used to fetch named feature(s) from the database.  The -class and -name
       arguments have the same meaning as in segment(), and the method also accepts the following
       short-cut forms:

         1) one argument: the argument is treated as the feature name
         2) two arguments: the arguments are treated as the class and name
            (note: this uses _rearrange() so the first argument must not
            begin with a hyphen or it will be interpreted as a named
            argument).

       This method may return zero, one, or several Bio::SeqFeatureI objects.  The implementor
       may allow the name to contain wildcards, in which case standard C-shell glob semantics are
       expected.

   get_feature_by_target
        Title   : get_feature_by_target
        Usage   : $db->get_feature_by_target($class => $name)
        Function: fetch features by their similarity target
        Returns : a list of Bio::SeqFeatureI objects
        Args    : the class and name of the desired feature
        Status  : public

       This method can be used to fetch a named feature from the database based on its similarity
       hit.  The arguments are the same as get_feature_by_name().  If this is not implemented,
       the interface defaults to using get_feature_by_name().

   get_feature_by_id
        Title   : get_feature_by_id
        Usage   : $db->get_feature_by_target($id)
        Function: fetch a feature by its ID
        Returns : a Bio::SeqFeatureI objects
        Args    : the ID of the feature
        Status  : public

       If the database provides unique feature IDs, this can be used to retrieve a single feature
       from the database.  If not overridden, this interface calls get_feature_by_name() and
       returns the first element.

   get_feature_by_attribute
        Title   : get_feature_by_attribute
        Usage   : $db->get_feature_by_attribute(attribute1=>value1,attribute2=>value2)
        Function: fetch features by combinations of attribute values
        Returns : a list of Bio::SeqFeatureI objects
        Args    : the class and name of the desired feature
        Status  : public

       This method can be used to fetch a set of features from the database.  Attributes are a
       list of name=>value pairs.  They will be logically ANDed together.  If an attribute value
       is an array reference, the list of values in the array is treated as an alternative set of
       values to be ORed together.

   search_notes
        Title   : search_notes
        Usage   : $db->search_notes($search_term,$max_results)
        Function: full-text search on features, ENSEMBL-style
        Returns : an array of [$name,$description,$score]
        Args    : see below
        Status  : public

       This routine performs a full-text search on feature attributes (which attributes depend on
       implementation) and returns a list of [$name,$description,$score], where $name is the
       feature ID, $description is a human-readable description such as a locus line, and $score
       is the match strength.

       Since this is a decidedly non-standard thing to do (but the generic genome browser uses
       it), the default method returns an empty list.  You do not have to implement it.

   get_seq_stream
        Title   : get_seq_stream
        Usage   : $seqio = $db->get_seq_stream(@args)
        Function: Performs a query and returns an iterator over it
        Returns : a Bio::SeqIO stream capable of returning Bio::SeqFeatureI objects
        Args    : As in features()
        Status  : public

       This routine takes the same arguments as features(), but returns a
       Bio::SeqIO::Stream-compliant object.  Use it like this:

         $stream = $db->get_seq_stream('exon');
         while (my $exon = $stream->next_seq) {
            print $exon,"\n";
         }

       NOTE: In the interface this method is aliased to get_feature_stream(), as the name is more
       descriptive.

   refclass
        Title   : refclass
        Usage   : $class = $db->refclass
        Function: returns the default class to use for segment() calls
        Returns : a string
        Args    : none
        Status  : public

       For data sources which use namespaces to distinguish reference sequence accessions, this
       returns the default namespace (or "class") to use.  This interface defines a default of
       "Accession".