NAME

Bio::DB::GFF::Adaptor::ace -- ace interface (for multiple inheritance)

SYNOPSIS

Pending

See Bio::DB::GFF and Bio::DB::GFF::Adaptor::dbi::mysql

SEE ALSO

Bio::DB::GFF, bioperl

AUTHOR

Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>.

Copyright (c) 2002 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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

freshen_ace

Title   : freshen
Usage   : $flag = Bio::DB::GFF->freshen_ace;
Function: Refresh internal acedb handle
Returns : flag if correctly freshened
Args    : none
Status  : Public

ACeDB has an annoying way of timing out, leaving dangling database handles. This method will invoke the ACeDB reopen() method, which causes dangling handles to be refreshed. It has no effect if you are not using ACeDB to create ACeDB objects.