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NAME

       Bio::Annotation::TagTree - AnnotationI with tree-like hierarchal key-value relationships
       ('structured tags') that can be represented as simple text.

SYNOPSIS

          use Bio::Annotation::TagTree;
          use Bio::Annotation::Collection;

          my $col = Bio::Annotation::Collection->new();

          # data structure can be an array reference with a data structure
          # corresponding to that defined by Data::Stag:

          my $sv = Bio::Annotation::TagTree->new(-tagname => 'mytag1',
                                                 -value => $data_structure);
          $col->add_Annotation($sv);

          # regular text passed is parsed based on the tagformat().
          my $sv2 = Bio::Annotation::TagTree->new(-tagname => 'mytag2',
                                                 -tagformat => 'xml',
                                                 -value => $xmltext);
          $col->add_Annotation($sv2);

DESCRIPTION

       This takes tagged data values and stores them in a hierarchal structured element-value
       hierarchy (complements of Chris Mungall's Data::Stag module). Data can then be represented
       as text using a variety of output formats (indention, itext, xml, spxr). Furthermore, the
       data structure can be queried using various means. See Data::Stag for details.

       Data passed in using value() or the '-value' parameter upon instantiation can either be:

       1) an array reference corresponding to the data structure for Data::Stag;

       2) a text string in 'xml', 'itext', 'spxr', or 'indent' format. The default format is
       'xml'; this can be changed using tagformat() prior to using value() or by passing in the
       proper format using '-tagformat' upon instantiation;

       3) another Bio::Annotation::TagTree or Data::Stag node instance.  In both cases a deep
       copy (duplicate) of the instance is generated.

       Beyond checking for an array reference no format guessing occurs (so, for roundtrip tests
       ensure that the IO formats correspond). For now, we recommend when using text input to set
       tagformat() to one of these formats prior to data loading to ensure the proper Data::Stag
       parser is selected. After data loading, the tagformat() can be changed to change the text
       string format returned by value(). (this may be rectified in the future)

       This Annotation type is fully BioSQL compatible and could be considered a temporary
       replacement for nested Bio::Annotation::Collections, at least until BioSQL and bioperl-db
       can support nested annotation collections.

FEEDBACK

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       participation is much appreciated.

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   Support
       Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

       bioperl-l@bioperl.org

       rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will
       be able 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.

   Reporting Bugs
       Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their
       resolution.  Bug reports can be submitted via or the web:

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

AUTHOR

       Chris Fields

APPENDIX

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

   new
        Title   : new
        Usage   : my $sv = Bio::Annotation::TagTree->new();
        Function: Instantiate a new TagTree object
        Returns : Bio::Annotation::TagTree object
        Args    : -value => $value to initialize the object data field [optional]
                  -tagname => $tag to initialize the tagname [optional]
                  -tagformat => format for output [optional]
                             (types 'xml', 'itext', 'sxpr', 'indent', default = 'itext')
                  -node => Data::Stag node or Bio::Annotation::TagTree instance

AnnotationI implementing functions

   as_text
        Title   : as_text
        Usage   : my $text = $obj->as_text
        Function: return the string "Value: $v" where $v is the value
        Returns : string
        Args    : none

   display_text
        Title   : display_text
        Usage   : my $str = $ann->display_text();
        Function: returns a string. Unlike as_text(), this method returns a string
                  formatted as would be expected for the specific implementation.

                  One can pass a callback as an argument which allows custom text
                  generation; the callback is passed the current instance and any text
                  returned
        Example :
        Returns : a string
        Args    : [optional] callback

   hash_tree
        Title   : hash_tree
        Usage   : my $hashtree = $value->hash_tree
        Function: For supporting the AnnotationI interface just returns the value
                  as a hashref with the key 'value' pointing to the value
                  Maybe reimplement using Data::Stag::hash()?
        Returns : hashrf
        Args    : none

   tagname
        Title   : tagname
        Usage   : $obj->tagname($newval)
        Function: Get/set the tagname for this annotation value.

                  Setting this is optional. If set, it obviates the need to provide
                  a tag to AnnotationCollection when adding this object.
        Example :
        Returns : value of tagname (a scalar)
        Args    : new value (a scalar, optional)

Specific accessors for TagTree

   value
        Title   : value
        Usage   : $obj->value($newval)
        Function: Get/set the value for this annotation.
        Returns : value of value
        Args    : newvalue (optional)

   tagformat
        Title   : tagformat
        Usage   : $obj->tagformat($newval)
        Function: Get/set the output tag format for this annotation.
        Returns : value of tagformat
        Args    : newvalue (optional) - format for the data passed into value
                  must be of values 'xml', 'indent', 'sxpr', 'itext', 'perl'

   node
        Title   : node
        Usage   : $obj->node()
        Function: Get/set the topmost Data::Stag node used for this annotation.
        Returns : Data::Stag node implementation
                  (default is Data::Stag::StagImpl)
        Args    : (optional) Data::Stag node implementation
                  (optional)'copy' => flag to create a copy of the node

   Data::Stag convenience methods
       Because Data::Stag uses blessed arrays and the core Bioperl class uses blessed hashes,
       TagTree uses an internal instance of a Data::Stag node for data storage.  Therefore the
       following methods actually delegate to the Data:::Stag internal instance.

       For consistency (since one could recursively check child nodes), methods retain the same
       names as Data::Stag. Also, no 'magic' (AUTOLOAD'ed) methods are employed, simply b/c full-
       fledged Data::Stag functionality can be attained by grabbing the Data::Stag instance using
       node().

   element
        Title   : element
        Usage   :
        Function: Returns the element name (key name) for this node
        Example :
        Returns : scalar
        Args    : none

   data
        Title   : data
        Usage   :
        Function: Returns the data structure (array ref) for this node
        Example :
        Returns : array ref
        Args    : none

   children
        Title   : children
        Usage   :
        Function: Get the top-level array of Data::Stag nodes or (if the top level is
                  a terminal node) a scalar value.

                  This is similar to StructuredValue's get_values() method, with the
                  key difference being instead of array refs and scalars you get either
                  Data::Stag nodes or the value for this particular node.

                  For consistency (since one could recursively check nodes),
                  we use the same method name as Data::Stag children().
        Example :
        Returns : an array
        Args    : none

   subnodes
        Title   : subnodes
        Usage   :
        Function: Get the top-level array of Data::Stag nodes.  Unlike children(),
                  this only returns an array of nodes (if this is a terminal node,
                  no value is returned)
        Example :
        Returns : an array of nodes
        Args    : none

   get
        Title   : get
        Usage   :
        Function: Returns the nodes or value for the named element or path
        Example :
        Returns : returns array of nodes or a scalar (if node is terminal)
                  dependent on wantarray
        Args    : none

   find
        Title   : find
        Usage   :
        Function: Recursively searches for and returns the nodes or values for the
                  named element or path
        Example :
        Returns : returns array of nodes or scalars (for terminal nodes)
        Args    : none

   findnode
        Title   : findnode
        Usage   :
        Function: Recursively searches for and returns a list of nodes
                  of the given element path
        Example :
        Returns : returns array of nodes
        Args    : none

   findval
        Title   : findval
        Usage   :
        Function:
        Example :
        Returns : returns array of nodes or values
        Args    : none

   addchild
        Title   : addchild
        Usage   : $struct->addchild(['name' => [['foo'=> 'bar1']]]);
        Function: add new child node to the current node.  One can pass in a node, TagTree,
                  or data structure; for instance, in the above, this would translate
                  to (in XML):

                  <name>
                    <foo>bar1</foo>
                  </name>

        Returns : node
        Args    : first arg = element name
                  all other args are added as tag-value pairs

   add
        Title   : add
        Usage   : $struct->add('foo', 'bar1', 'bar2', 'bar3');
        Function: add tag-value nodes to the current node.  In the above, this would
                  translate to (in XML):
                  <foo>bar1</foo>
                  <foo>bar2</foo>
                  <foo>bar3</foo>
        Returns :
        Args    : first arg = element name
                  all other args are added as tag-value pairs

   set
        Title   : set
        Usage   : $struct->set('foo','bar');
        Function: sets a single tag-value pair in the current node.  Note this
                  differs from add() in that this replaces any data already present
        Returns : node
        Args    : first arg = element name
                  all other args are added as tag-value pairs

   unset
        Title   : unset
        Usage   : $struct->unset('foo');
        Function: unsets all key-value pairs of the passed element from the
                  current node
        Returns : node
        Args    : element name

   free
        Title   : free
        Usage   : $struct->free
        Function: removes all data from the current node
        Returns :
        Args    :

   hash
        Title   : hash
        Usage   : $struct->hash;
        Function: turns the tag-value tree into a hash, all data values are array refs
        Returns : hash
        Args    : first arg = element name
                  all other args are added as tag-value pairs

   pairs
        Title   : pairs
        Usage   : $struct->pairs;
        Function: turns the tag-value tree into a hash, all data values are scalar
        Returns : hash
        Args    : first arg = element name
                  all other args are added as tag-value pairs, note that duplicates
                  will be lost

   qmatch
        Title    : qmatch
        Usage    : @persons = $s->qmatch('person', ('name'=>'fred'));
        Function : returns all elements in the node tree which match the
                   element name and the key-value pair
        Returns  : Array of nodes
        Args     : return-element str, match-element str, match-value str

   tnodes
        Title    : tnodes
        Usage    : @termini = $s->tnodes;
        Function : returns all terminal nodes below this node
        Returns  : Array of nodes
        Args     : return-element str, match-element str, match-value str

   ntnodes
        Title    : ntnodes
        Usage    : @termini = $s->ntnodes;
        Function : returns all nonterminal nodes below this node
        Returns  : Array of nodes
        Args     : return-element str, match-element str, match-value str

   StructureValue-like methods
   get_all_values
        Title    : get_all_values
        Usage    : @termini = $s->get_all_values;
        Function : returns all terminal node values
        Returns  : Array of values
        Args     : return-element str, match-element str, match-value str

       This is meant to emulate the values one would get from StructureValue's get_all_values()
       method. Note, however, using this method dissociates the tag-value relationship (i.e. you
       only get the value list, no elements)