NAME

       Bio::DB::GFF::Featname -- The name of a feature

SYNOPSIS

         use Bio::DB::GFF;

         my $db      = Bio::DB::GFF->new( -adaptor => 'dbi:mysql',
                                          -dsn     => 'dbi:mysql:elegans42');

         my $feature = Bio::DB::GFF::Featname->new(Locus => 'unc-19');
         my $segment = $db->segment($feature);

DESCRIPTION

       Bio::DB::GFF::Featname is the name of a feature.  It contains two fields: name and class.
       It is typically used by the Bio::DB::GFF module to denote a group, and is accepted by
       Bio::DB::Relsegment->new() and Bio::DB::GFF->segment() as a replacement for the -name and
       -class arguments.

METHODS

   new
        Title   : new
        Usage   : $name = Bio::DB::GFF::Featname->new($class,$name)
        Function: create a new Bio::DB::GFF::Featname object
        Returns : a new Bio::DB::GFF::Featname object
        Args    : class and ID
        Status  : Public

   id
        Title   : id
        Usage   : $id = $name->id
        Function: return a unique ID for the combination of class and name
        Returns : a string
        Args    : none
        Status  : Public

       This method returns a unique combination of the name and class in the form "class:name".
       Coincidentally, this is the same format used by AceDB.

   name
        Title   : name
        Usage   : $name = $name->name
        Function: return the name of the Featname
        Returns : a string
        Args    : none
        Status  : Public

   class
        Title   : class
        Usage   : $class = $name->class
        Function: return the name of the Featname
        Returns : a string
        Args    : none
        Status  : Public

   asString
        Title   : asString
        Usage   : $string = $name->asString
        Function: same as name()
        Returns : a string
        Args    : none
        Status  : Public

       This method is used to overload the "" operator.  It is equivalent to calling name().

   clone
        Title   : clone
        Usage   : $new_clone = $type->clone;
        Function: clone this object
        Returns : a new Bio::DB::GFF::Featname object
        Args    : none
        Status  : Public

       This method creates an exact copy of the object.

BUGS

       This module is still under development.

SEE ALSO

       bioperl, Bio::DB::GFF, Bio::DB::RelSegment

AUTHOR

       Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>.

       Copyright (c) 2001 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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