Bio::Biblio::Provider - Representation of a general provider

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NAME

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Bio::Biblio::Provider - Representation of a general provider

SYNOPSIS

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    # usually this class is not instantiated but can be...
    $obj = Bio::Biblio::Provider->new(-type => 'Department');

  #--- OR ---

    $obj = Bio::Biblio::Provider->new();
    $obj->type ('Department');

DESCRIPTION

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A storage object for a general bibliographic resource provider (a rpovider can be a person, a organisation, or even a program).

Attributes

The following attributes are specific to this class, and they are inherited by all provider types.

  type

SEE ALSO

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FEEDBACK

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Mailing Lists

User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to the Bioperl mailing list. Your participation is much appreciated.

  bioperl-l@bioperl.org                  - General discussion
  http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists  - About the mailing lists

Support

Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

bioperl-l@bioperl.org

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

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

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

AUTHORS

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Heikki Lehvaslaiho (heikki-at-bioperl-dot-org), Martin Senger (senger@ebi.ac.uk)

COPYRIGHT

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Copyright (c) 2002 European Bioinformatics Institute. All Rights Reserved.

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

DISCLAIMER

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

BioPerl documentation Contained in the BioPerl distribution. 
#
# BioPerl module for Bio::Biblio::Provider
#
# Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org> 
#
# Cared for by Martin Senger <senger@ebi.ac.uk>
# For copyright and disclaimer see below.

# POD documentation - main docs before the code



# Let the code begin...


package Bio::Biblio::Provider;
use strict;
use vars qw($AUTOLOAD);


use base qw(Bio::Biblio::BiblioBase);

#
# a closure with a list of allowed attribute names (these names
# correspond with the allowed 'get' and 'set' methods); each name also
# keep what type the attribute should be (use 'undef' if it is a
# simple scalar)
#
{
    my %_allowed =
	(
	 _type => undef,
	 );

    # return 1 if $attr is allowed to be set/get in this class
    sub _accessible {
	my ($self, $attr) = @_;
	exists $_allowed{$attr};
    }

    # return an expected type of given $attr
    sub _attr_type {
	my ($self, $attr) = @_;
	$_allowed{$attr};
    }
}

1;
__END__