NAME

Bio::Phylo::Util::XMLWritable - Superclass for objects that stringify to xml

SYNOPSIS

# no direct usage

DESCRIPTION

This class implements a single method, 'to_xml', that writes the invocant to an xml string. Objects that subclass this class (all biological data objects in Bio::Phylo) therefore can be written to xml. The 'to_xml' method sometimes yields ugly (but valid) results, so subclasses may choose to provide their own override.

METHODS

to_xml()

Type    : XML serializer
Title   : to_xml
Usage   : my $xml = $obj->to_xml;
Function: Serializes $obj to xml
Returns : An xml string
Args    : None

SEE ALSO

Also see the manual: Bio::Phylo::Manual.

FORUM

CPAN hosts a discussion forum for Bio::Phylo. If you have trouble using this module the discussion forum is a good place to start posting questions (NOT bug reports, see below): http://www.cpanforum.com/dist/Bio-Phylo

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-bio-phylo@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Bio-Phylo. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. Be sure to include the following in your request or comment, so that I know what version you're using:

$Id: XMLWritable.pm 4169 2007-07-11 01:36:59Z rvosa $

AUTHOR

Rutger Vos,

email: mailto://rvosa@sfu.ca

web page: http://www.sfu.ca/~rvosa/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author would like to thank Jason Stajich for many ideas borrowed from BioPerl http://www.bioperl.org, and CIPRES http://www.phylo.org and FAB* http://www.sfu.ca/~fabstar for comments and requests.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2005 Rutger Vos, All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.