NAME

Bio::Phylo::PhyloWS::Resource::Description - Represents a PhyloWS resource description

SYNOPSIS

 # no direct usage

DESCRIPTION

This class represents a resource description for a web resource that implements the PhyloWS recommendations.

METHODS

CONSTRUCTOR

new()

 Type    : Constructor
 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $desc = Bio::Phylo::PhyloWS::Resource::Description->new( -guid => $guid );
 Function: Instantiates Bio::Phylo::PhyloWS::Resource::Description object
 Returns : a Bio::Phylo::PhyloWS::Resource::Description object 
 Args    : Required: -guid => $guid
           Optional: any number of setters.

TESTS

is_identifiable()

Tests if invocant has an xml id attribute

 Type    : Test
 Title   : is_identifiable
 Usage   : if ( $obj->is_identifiable ) {
              # do something
           }
 Function: Tests if invocant has an xml id attribute
 Returns : FALSE
 Args    : NONE

SERIALIZERS

to_xml()

Serializes resource to RSS1.0 XML representation

 Type    : Serializer
 Title   : to_xml()
 Usage   : print $obj->to_xml();
 Function: Serializes object to RSS1.0 XML string
 Returns : String 
 Args    : None
 Comments:

CITATION

If you use Bio::Phylo in published research, please cite it:

Rutger A Vos, Jason Caravas, Klaas Hartmann, Mark A Jensen and Chase Miller, 2011. Bio::Phylo - phyloinformatic analysis using Perl. BMC Bioinformatics 12:63. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-12-63>