NAME

       Bio::AnnotatableI - the base interface an annotatable object must implement

SYNOPSIS

           use Bio::SeqIO;
           # get an annotatable object somehow: for example, Bio::SeqI objects
           # are annotatable
           my $seqio = Bio::SeqIO->new(-fh => \*STDIN, -format => 'genbank');
           while (my $seq = $seqio->next_seq()) {
               # $seq is-a Bio::AnnotatableI, hence:
               my $ann_coll = $seq->annotation();
               # $ann_coll is-a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI, hence:
               my @all_anns = $ann_coll->get_Annotations();
               # do something with the annotation objects
           }

DESCRIPTION

       This is the base interface that all annotatable objects must implement. A good example is
       Bio::Seq which is an AnnotableI object.

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AUTHOR

        Hilmar Lapp E<lt>hlapp@gmx.netE<gt>
        Allen Day E<lt>allenday@ucla.eduE<gt>

APPENDIX

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

   annotation
        Title   : annotation
        Usage   : $obj->annotation($newval)
        Function: Get the annotation collection for this annotatable object.
        Example :
        Returns : a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI implementing object, or undef
        Args    : on set, new value (a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI
                  implementing object, optional) (an implementation may not
                  support changing the annotation collection)

       See Bio::AnnotationCollectionI