NAME

Bio::MAGETAB::Contact - MAGE-TAB contact class

SYNOPSIS

 use Bio::MAGETAB::Contact;

DESCRIPTION

This class is used to store information on contacts (i.e., the people responsible for the experiment) in MAGE-TAB. See the BaseClass class for superclass methods.

ATTRIBUTES

lastName (required): The contact's family name (data type: String).
firstName (optional): The contact's given name (data type: String).
midInitials (optional): The contact's middle initials (data type: String).
email (optional): The contact's email address (data type: Email).
organization (optional): The organization to which the contact is affiliated (data type: String).
phone (optional): The contact's telephone number (data type: String).
fax (optional): The contact's FAX number (data type: String).
address (optional): The street address for this contact (data type: String).
roles (optional): A list of roles which this contact fulfills (data type: Bio::MAGETAB::ControlledTerm).
comments (optional): A list of user-defined comments for the contact (data type: Bio::MAGETAB::Comment).

METHODS

Each attribute has accessor (get_*) and mutator (set_*) methods, and also predicate (has_*) and clearer (clear_*) methods where the attribute is optional. Where an attribute represents a one-to-many relationship the mutator accepts an arrayref and the accessor returns an array.

AUTHOR

Tim F. Rayner <tfrayner@gmail.com>

LICENSE

This library is released under version 2 of the GNU General Public License (GPL).