NAME

         GO::Model::Root - base class for all GO::Model objects

DESCRIPTION

       base class for all GO::Model objects

Constructors

   new
       Constructor: Basically just calls _initialize().  Most subclasses should not need to
       override new, but instead should override _initialize().

       If _initialize() fails , the procedure will die

       WARNING: This procedure will die if initialization is unsuccessful.  Use an eval statement
       to catch such exceptions.

   obj_factory
         Usage   - $obj->obj_factory->create_new_term_object($h);
         Alias   - apph
         Returns - L<GO::ObjFactory>
         Args    - none

   sprint_self
       Prints out a description of the object to a string.

   dump
       dumps the object (can be read back in with eval)

   namespace
         Usage   - print $term->namespace();     # getting the type
         Usage   - $term->namespace("molecular_function"); # setting the type
         Alias   - type
         Alias   - term_type
         Alias   - category
         Alias   - ontology
         Returns - string representing type
         Args    - string represnting type [optional]

       The OBO namespace for the GO::Model::Term or GO::Model::Relationship

   _cleanup
       Called at object destruction time.  Should be overridden to perform cleanup tasks.