NAME

Bio::DB::SoapEUtilities::GQueryAdaptor - Handle for Entrez SOAP GlobalQuery items

SYNOPSIS

 my $fac = Bio::DB::SoapEUtilities->new();
 # run a query, returning a GQueryAdaptor
 my $queries = $fac->egquery( -term => 'BRCA and human' )->run(-auto_adapt=>1);
 # all databases with hits
 my @dbs = $queries->found_in_dbs;
 # queries by database
 my $prot_count = $queries->query_by_db('prot')->count;
 # iterate over gquery
 while ( my $q = $queries->next_query ) {
    my $db = $q->db;
    my $count = $q->count;
    my $status = $q->status;
 }

DESCRIPTION

This adaptor provides an iterator ("next_query()") and other convenience functions for parsing NCBI Entrez EUtility "egquery" SOAP results.

FEEDBACK

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Support

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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

Reporting Bugs

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  http://redmine.open-bio.org/projects/bioperl/

AUTHOR - Mark A. Jensen

Email maj -at- fortinbras -dot- us

APPENDIX

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

new

 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $obj = new Bio::DB::SoapEUtilities::GQueryAdaptor();
 Function: Builds a new Bio::DB::SoapEUtilities::GQueryAdaptor object
 Returns : an instance of Bio::DB::SoapEUtilities::GQueryAdaptor
 Args    :

next_query()

 Title   : next_query
 Usage   : 
 Function: return the next global query from the attached Result
 Returns : 
 Args    :

found_in_dbs()

 Title   : found_in_dbs
 Usage   : 
 Function: Return list of db names containing hits for 
           the query term
 Returns : array of scalar strings
 Args    : none

query_by_db()

 Title   : query_by_db
 Usage   : 
 Function: get gquery object by db name
 Returns : 
 Args    : db name (scalar string)