Name

       SWISS::Ref.pm

Description

       SWISS::Ref represents a single reference of a SWISS-PROT + TREMBL entry as specified in
       the user manual http://www.expasy.org/sprot/userman.html .

Inherits from

       SWISS::BaseClass.pm

Attributes

       "RN"
           The reference number.

       "RP"
           The RP line(s), unwrapped as a string.

       "RC"
           Zero or more RC lines.

           Data structure: {Token}[qualifier1, qualifierN].

           A hash of arrays. Hash keys are the RC tokens, array elements are the qualifiers for
           that token.

       "RX"
           References to bibliographic databases.

           Data structure: {Database}[identifier1, identifierN].

           A hash of arrays. Hash keys are the names of bibliographic databases, array elements
           are the identifiers of the reference for that database.

       "RG"
           The RG line(s), unwrapped as a string.

       "RA"
           The list of Authors.

           An object of type SWISS::ListBase.

       "RT"
           The publication title, unwrapped as a string.

       "RL"
           The RL line.

           Data structure: String.

Methods

   Standard methods
       new
       fromText
       toText

   Writing methods
       add_MedlineID
           Add a RX line 'MEDLINE; nnnnnnnn.' to the reference.

       add_Author
           Add an author to the RA line of the reference.

       rc_sort
           Sort elements of the RC line alphabetically.