NAME

       STAR::Dictionary - Perl extension for handling dictionaries that were parsed from STAR
       compliant files.

   Version
       This documentation refers to version 0.56 of this module.

SYNOPSIS

         use STAR::Dictionary;

         $dict_obj = STAR::Dictionary->new(-file=>$file);
         @items_in_dict = $dict_obj->get_save_blocks;

DESCRIPTION

       This package contains class and object methods for Dictionary objects created by
       STAR::Parser.  This class is a sub class of STAR::DataBlock. It supports all methods from
       STAR::DataBlock (see related documentation), as well as the additional method
       get_save_blocks.

OBJECT METHODS

   get_save_blocks
         Usage:   @save_blocks = $dict_obj->get_save_blocks;

       This methods returns an array with all save_ blocks found in the Dictionary object. Each
       item defined in the dictionary is described within a save block.  In addition, items
       pertaining to the dictionary itself (such as _dictionary.version) are found outside of
       save blocks in the dictionary file.  In the data structure of a Dictionary object, these
       items are gathered in a "$s='-'" save block.

AUTHOR

       Wolfgang Bluhm, mail@wbluhm.com

   Acknowledgments
       Thanks to Phil Bourne, Helge Weissig, Anne Kuller, Doug Greer, Michele Bluhm, and others
       for support, help, and comments.

COPYRIGHT

       A full copyright statement is provided with the distribution Copyright (c) 2000 University
       of California, San Diego

SEE ALSO

       STAR::Parser, STAR::DataBlock.