NAME

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions - Exception classes for Bio::Phylo. No serviceable parts inside.

DESCRIPTION

This package defines exceptions that can be thrown by other modules. There are no serviceable parts inside. Refer to the Exception::Class perldoc for examples on how to catch exceptions and show traces.

EXCEPTION TYPES

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::BadNumber

Thrown when anything other than a number that passes Scalar::Util's looks_like_number test is given as an argument to a method that expects a number.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::BadString

Thrown when a string that contains any of the characters ():;, is given as an argument to a method that expects a name.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::BadFormat

Thrown when a non-existing parser or unparser format is requested, in calls such as parse( -format => 'newik', -string => $string ), where 'newik' doesn't exist.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::OddHash

Thrown when an odd number of arguments has been specified. This might happen if you call a method that requires named arguments and the key/value pairs don't seem to match up.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::ObjectMismatch

Thrown when a method is called that requires an object as an argument, and the wrong type of object is specified.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::UnknownMethod

Trown when an indirect method call is attempted through the $obj->get('unknown_method') interface, and the object doesn't seem to implement the requested method.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::BadArgs

Thrown when something undefined is wrong with the supplied arguments.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::FileError

Thrown when a file specified as an argument does not exist or is not readable.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::ExtensionError

Thrown when there is an error loading a requested extension.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::OutOfBounds

Thrown when an entity is requested that falls outside of the range of objects contained by a Bio::Phylo::Listable subclass, probably through the $obj->get_by_index($i) method call.

Bio::Phylo::Exceptions::NotImplemented

Thrown when an interface method is called instead of the implementation by the child class.

SEE ALSO

Bio::Phylo::Manual

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: Exceptions.pm,v 1.11 2005/09/30 19:12:28 rvosa Exp $

AUTHOR

Rutger A. Vos,

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