Method: Bio::DAS#get_entry_points

Defined in:
lib/bio/io/das.rb

#get_entry_points(dsn) ⇒ Object

Returns Bio::DAS::ENTRY_POINT. The ‘dsn’ can be a String or a Bio::DAS::DSN object.



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# File 'lib/bio/io/das.rb', line 74

def get_entry_points(dsn)
  entry_point = ENTRY_POINT.new
  if dsn.instance_of?(Bio::DAS::DSN)
    src = dsn.source 
  else
    src = dsn
  end
  result = Bio::Command.post_form("#{@server}/das/#{src}/entry_points")
  doc = REXML::Document.new(result.body)
  doc.elements.each('/descendant::ENTRY_POINTS') do |e|
    entry_point.href = e.attributes['href']
    entry_point.version = e.attributes['version']
    e.elements.each do |e|
      segment = SEGMENT.new
      segment.entry_id = e.attributes['id']
      segment.start = e.attributes['start']
      segment.stop = e.attributes['stop'] || e.attributes['size']
      segment.orientation = e.attributes['orientation']
      segment.subparts = e.attributes['subparts']
      segment.description = e.text
      entry_point.segments << segment
    end
  end
  entry_point
end