Bio::Factory::AnalysisI(3)

NAME
Bio::Factory::AnalysisI - An interface to analysis tool factory

SYNOPSIS
This is an interface module - you do not instantiate it. Use Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory module:

  use Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory;
  my $list = Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory->new->available_analyses;

DESCRIPTION
This interface contains all public methods for showing available analyses and for creating objects representing them.

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AUTHOR
Martin Senger (martin.senger@gmail.com)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2003, Martin Senger and EMBL-EBI. All Rights Reserved.

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

DISCLAIMER
This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

SEE ALSO

•   http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/soaplab/guide

APPENDIX
This is actually the main documentation...

If you try to call any of these methods directly on this "Bio::Factory::AnalysisI" object you will get a not implemented error message. You need to call them on a "Bio::Tools::Run::AnalysisFactory" object instead.

  available_categories
 Usage   : $factory->available_categories;
 Returns : an array reference with the names of
           available categories
 Args    : none

The analysis tools may be grouped into categories by their functional similarity, or by the similar data types they deal with. This method shows all available such categories.

  available_analyses
 Usage   : $factory->available_analyses;
           $factory->available_analyses ($category);
 Returns : an array reference with the names of
           all available analyses, or the analyses
           available in the given '$category'
 Args    : none || category_name

Show available analyses. Their names usually consist of category analysis names, separated by "::".

  create_analysis
 Usage   : $factory->create_analysis ($name);
 Returns : a Bio::Tools::Run::Analyis object
 Args    : analysis name

A real factory method creating an analysis object. The created object gets all access and location information from the factory object.