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NAME

       Bio::AnalysisI - An interface to any (local or remote) analysis tool

SYNOPSIS

       This is an interface module - you do not instantiate it.  Use "Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis"
       module:

         use Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis;
         my $tool = Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis->new(@args);

DESCRIPTION

       This interface contains all public methods for accessing and controlling local and remote
       analysis tools. It is meant to be used on the client side.

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AUTHOR

       Martin Senger (martin.senger@gmail.com)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2003, Martin Senger and EMBL-EBI.  All Rights Reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

DISCLAIMER

       This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/soaplab/guide

APPENDIX

       This is actually the main documentation...

       If you try to call any of these methods directly on this "Bio::AnalysisI" object you will
       get a not implemented error message. You need to call them on a
       "Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis" object instead.

   analysis_name
        Usage   : $tool->analysis_name;
        Returns : a name of this analysis
        Args    : none

   analysis_spec
        Usage   : $tool->analysis_spec;
        Returns : a hash reference describing this analysis
        Args    : none

       The returned hash reference uses the following keys (not all of them always present,
       perhaps others present as well): "name", "type", "version", "supplier", "installation",
       "description".

       Here is an example output:

         Analysis 'edit.seqret':
               installation => EMBL-EBI
               description => Reads and writes (returns) sequences
               supplier => EMBOSS
               version => 2.6.0
               type => edit
               name => seqret

   describe
        Usage   : $tool->analysis_spec;
        Returns : an XML detailed description of this analysis
        Args    : none

       The returned XML string contains metadata describing this analysis service. It includes
       also metadata returned (and easier used) by method "analysis_spec", "input_spec" and
       "result_spec".

       The DTD used for returned metadata is based on the adopted standard (BSA specification for
       analysis engine):

         <!ELEMENT DsLSRAnalysis (analysis)+>

         <!ELEMENT analysis (description?, input*, output*, extension?)>

         <!ATTLIST analysis
             type          CDATA #REQUIRED
             name          CDATA #IMPLIED
             version       CDATA #IMPLIED
             supplier      CDATA #IMPLIED
             installation  CDATA #IMPLIED>

         <!ELEMENT description ANY>
         <!ELEMENT extension ANY>

         <!ELEMENT input (default?, allowed*, extension?)>

         <!ATTLIST input
             type          CDATA #REQUIRED
             name          CDATA #REQUIRED
             mandatory     (true|false) "false">

         <!ELEMENT default (#PCDATA)>
         <!ELEMENT allowed (#PCDATA)>

         <!ELEMENT output (extension?)>

         <!ATTLIST output
             type          CDATA #REQUIRED
             name          CDATA #REQUIRED>

       But the DTD may be extended by provider-specific metadata. For example, the EBI
       experimental SOAP-based service on top of EMBOSS uses DTD explained at
       "http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~senger/applab".

   input_spec
        Usage   : $tool->input_spec;
        Returns : an array reference with hashes as elements
        Args    : none

       The analysis input data are named, and can be also associated with a default value, with
       allowed values and with few other attributes. The names are important for feeding the
       service with the input data (the inputs are given to methods "create_job",
       "Bio::AnalysisI|run", and/or "Bio::AnalysisI|wait_for" as name/value pairs).

       Here is a (slightly shortened) example of an input specification:

        $input_spec = [
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'sequence_usa'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'sequence_direct_data'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'allowed_values' => [
                                         'gcg',
                                         'gcg8',
                                         ...
                                         'raw'
                                       ],
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'sformat'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'sbegin'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'send'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'sprotein'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'snucleotide'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'sreverse'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'slower'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'supper'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'default' => 'false',
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'firstonly'
                 },
                 {
                   'mandatory' => 'false',
                   'default' => 'fasta',
                   'allowed_values' => [
                                         'gcg',
                                         'gcg8',
                                         'embl',
                                         ...
                                         'raw'
                                       ],
                   'type' => 'String',
                   'name' => 'osformat'
                 }
               ];

   result_spec
        Usage   : $tool->result_spec;
        Returns : a hash reference with result names as keys
                  and result types as values
        Args    : none

       The analysis results are named and can be retrieved using their names by methods "results"
       and "result".

       Here is an example of the result specification (again for the service edit.seqret):

         $result_spec = {
                 'outseq' => 'String',
                 'report' => 'String',
                 'detailed_status' => 'String'
               };

   create_job
        Usage   : $tool->create_job ( {'sequence'=>'tatat'} )
        Returns : Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis::Job
        Args    : data and parameters for this execution
                  (in various formats)

       Create an object representing a single execution of this analysis tool.

       Call this method if you wish to "stage the scene" - to create a job with all input data
       but without actually running it. This method is called automatically from other methods
       ("Bio::AnalysisI|run" and "Bio::AnalysisI|wait_for") so usually you do not need to call it
       directly.

       The input data and prameters for this execution can be specified in various ways:

       array reference
           The array has scalar elements of the form

              name = [[@]value]

           where "name" is the name of an input data or input parameter (see method "input_spec"
           for finding what names are recognized by this analysis) and "value" is a value for
           this data/parameter. If "value" is missing a 1 is assumed (which is convenient for the
           boolean options). If "value" starts with "@" it is treated as a local filename, and
           its contents is used as the data/parameter value.

       hash reference
           The same as with the array reference but now there is no need to use an equal sign.
           The hash keys are input names and hash values their data. The values can again start
           with a "@" sign indicating a local filename.

       scalar
           In this case, the parameter represents a job ID obtained in some previous invocation -
           such job already exists on the server side, and we are just re-creating it here using
           the same job ID.

           TBD: here we should allow the same by using a reference to the
           Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis::Job object.

       undef
           Finally, if the parameter is undefined, ask server to create an empty job. The input
           data may be added later using "set_data..."  method(s) - see scripts/papplmaker.PLS
           for details.

   run
        Usage   : $tool->run ( ['sequence=@my.seq', 'osformat=embl'] )
        Returns : Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis::Job,
                  representing started job (an execution)
        Args    : the same as for create_job

       Create a job and start it, but do not wait for its completion.

   wait_for
        Usage   : $tool->wait_for ( { 'sequence' => '@my,file' } )
        Returns : Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis::Job,
                  representing finished job
        Args    : the same as for create_job

       Create a job, start it and wait for its completion.

       Note that this is a blocking method. It returns only after the executed job finishes,
       either normally or by an error.

       Usually, after this call, you ask for results of the finished job:

           $analysis->wait_for (...)->results;

Module Bio::AnalysisI::JobI

       An interface to the public methods provided by "Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis::Job" objects.

       The "Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis::Job" objects represent a created, running, or finished
       execution of an analysis tool.

       The factory for these objects is module "Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis" where the following
       methods return an "Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis::Job" object:

           create_job   (returning a prepared job)
           run          (returning a running job)
           wait_for     (returning a finished job)

   id
        Usage   : $job->id;
        Returns : this job ID
        Args    : none

       Each job (an execution) is identifiable by this unique ID which can be used later to re-
       create the same job (in other words: to re-connect to the same job). It is useful in cases
       when a job takes long time to finish and your client program does not want to wait for it
       within the same session.

   Bio::AnalysisI::JobI::run
        Usage   : $job->run
        Returns : itself
        Args    : none

       It starts previously created job.  The job already must have all input data filled-in.
       This differs from the method of the same name of the "Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis" object
       where the "Bio::AnalysisI::JobI::run" method creates also a new job allowing to set input
       data.

   Bio::AnalysisI::JobI::wait_for
        Usage   : $job->wait_for
        Returns : itself
        Args    : none

       It waits until a previously started execution of this job finishes.

   terminate
        Usage   : $job->terminate
        Returns : itself
        Args    : none

       Stop the currently running job (represented by this object). This is a definitive stop,
       there is no way to resume it later.

   last_event
        Usage   : $job->last_event
        Returns : an XML string
        Args    : none

       It returns a short XML document showing what happened last with this job. This is the used
       DTD:

          <!-- place for extensions -->
          <!ENTITY % event_body_template "(state_changed | heartbeat_progress | percent_progress | time_progress | step_progress)">

          <!ELEMENT analysis_event (message?, (%event_body_template;)?)>

          <!ATTLIST analysis_event
              timestamp  CDATA #IMPLIED>

          <!ELEMENT message (#PCDATA)>

          <!ELEMENT state_changed EMPTY>
          <!ENTITY % analysis_state "created | running | completed | terminated_by_request | terminated_by_error">
          <!ATTLIST state_changed
              previous_state  (%analysis_state;) "created"
              new_state       (%analysis_state;) "created">

          <!ELEMENT heartbeat_progress EMPTY>

          <!ELEMENT percent_progress EMPTY>
          <!ATTLIST percent_progress
              percentage CDATA #REQUIRED>

          <!ELEMENT time_progress EMPTY>
          <!ATTLIST time_progress
              remaining CDATA #REQUIRED>

          <!ELEMENT step_progress EMPTY>
          <!ATTLIST step_progress
              total_steps      CDATA #IMPLIED
              steps_completed CDATA #REQUIRED>

       Here is an example what is returned after a job was created and started, but before it
       finishes (note that the example uses an analysis 'showdb' which does not need any input
       data):

          use Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis;
          print new Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis (-name => 'display.showdb')
                    ->run
                    ->last_event;

       It prints:

          <?xml version = "1.0"?>
          <analysis_event>
            <message>Mar 3, 2003 5:14:46 PM (Europe/London)</message>
            <state_changed previous_state="created" new_state="running"/>
          </analysis_event>

       The same example but now after it finishes:

          use Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis;
          print new Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis (-name => 'display.showdb')
                    ->wait_for
                    ->last_event;

          <?xml version = "1.0"?>
          <analysis_event>
            <message>Mar 3, 2003 5:17:14 PM (Europe/London)</message>
            <state_changed previous_state="running" new_state="completed"/>
          </analysis_event>

   status
        Usage   : $job->status
        Returns : string describing the job status
        Args    : none

       It returns one of the following strings (and perhaps more if a server implementation
       extended possible job states):

          CREATED
          RUNNING
          COMPLETED
          TERMINATED_BY_REQUEST
          TERMINATED_BY_ERROR

   created
        Usage   : $job->created (1)
        Returns : time when this job was created
        Args    : optional

       Without any argument it returns a time of creation of this job in seconds, counting from
       the beginning of the UNIX epoch (1.1.1970). With a true argument it returns a formatted
       time, using rules described in "Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis::Utils::format_time".

   started
        Usage   : $job->started (1)
        Returns : time when this job was started
        Args    : optional

       See "created".

   ended
        Usage   : $job->ended (1)
        Returns : time when this job was terminated
        Args    : optional

       See "created".

   elapsed
        Usage   : $job->elapsed
        Returns : elapsed time of the execution of the given job
                  (in milliseconds), or 0 of job was not yet started
        Args    : none

       Note that some server implementations cannot count in millisecond - so the returned time
       may be rounded to seconds.

   times
        Usage   : $job->times ('formatted')
        Returns : a hash reference with all time characteristics
        Args    : optional

       It is a convenient method returning a hash reference with the following keys:

          created
          started
          ended
          elapsed

       See "create" for remarks on time formatting.

       An example - both for unformatted and formatted times:

          use Data::Dumper;
          use Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis;
          my $rh = Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis->new(-name => 'nucleic_cpg_islands.cpgplot')
                    ->wait_for ( { 'sequence_usa' => 'embl:hsu52852' } )
                    ->times (1);
          print Data::Dumper->Dump ( [$rh], ['Times']);
          $rh = Bio::Tools::Run::Analysis->new(-name => 'nucleic_cpg_islands.cpgplot')
                    ->wait_for ( { 'sequence_usa' => 'embl:AL499624' } )
                    ->times;
          print Data::Dumper->Dump ( [$rh], ['Times']);

          $Times = {
                  'ended'   => 'Mon Mar  3 17:52:06 2003',
                  'started' => 'Mon Mar  3 17:52:05 2003',
                  'elapsed' => '1000',
                  'created' => 'Mon Mar  3 17:52:05 2003'
                };
          $Times = {
                  'ended'   => '1046713961',
                  'started' => '1046713926',
                  'elapsed' => '35000',
                  'created' => '1046713926'
                };

   results
        Usage   : $job->results (...)
        Returns : one or more results created by this job
        Args    : various, see belou

       This is a complex method trying to make sense for all kinds of results. Especially it
       tries to help to put binary results (such as images) into local files. Generally it deals
       with fhe following facts:

       •   Each analysis tool may produce more results.

       •   Some results may contain binary data not suitable for printing into a terminal window.

       •   Some results may be split into variable number of parts (this is mainly true for the
           image results that can consist of more *.png files).

       Note also that results have names to distinguish if there are more of them. The names can
       be obtained by method "result_spec".

       Here are the rules how the method works:

           Retrieving NAMED results:
           -------------------------
            results ('name1', ...)   => return results as they are, no storing into files

            results ( { 'name1' => 'filename', ... } )  => store into 'filename', return 'filename'
            results ( 'name1=filename', ...)            => ditto

            results ( { 'name1' => '-', ... } )         => send result to the STDOUT, do not return anything
            results ( 'name1=-', ...)                   => ditto

            results ( { 'name1' => '@', ... } )  => store into file whose name is invented by
                                                    this method, perhaps using RESULT_NAME_TEMPLATE env
            results ( 'name1=@', ...)            => ditto

            results ( { 'name1' => '?', ... } )  => find of what type is this result and then use
                                                    {'name1'=>'@' for binary files, and a regular
                                                    return for non-binary files
            results ( 'name=?', ...)             => ditto

           Retrieving ALL results:
           -----------------------
            results()     => return all results as they are, no storing into files

            results ('@') => return all results, as if each of them given
                             as {'name' => '@'} (see above)

            results ('?') => return all results, as if each of them given
                             as {'name' => '?'} (see above)

           Misc:
           -----
            * any result can be returned as a scalar value, or as an array reference
              (the latter is used for results consisting of more parts, such images);
              this applies regardless whether the returned result is the result itself
              or a filename created for the result

            * look in the documentation of the C<panalysis[.PLS]> script for examples
              (especially how to use various templates for inventing file names)

   result
        Usage   : $job->result (...)
        Returns : the first result
        Args    : see 'results'

   remove
        Usage   : $job->remove
        Returns : 1
        Args    : none

       The job object is not actually removed in this time but it is marked (setting 1 to
       "_destroy_on_exit" attribute) as ready for deletion when the client program ends
       (including a request to server to forget the job mirror object on the server side).