Class: Bio::PhyloXML::Reference

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/bio/db/phyloxml/phyloxml_elements.rb

Overview

Description

A literature reference for a clade. It is recommended to use the ‘doi’ attribute instead of the free text ‘desc’ element whenever possible.

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Attribute Details

#desc ⇒ Object

String. Free text description.



996
997
998
 
# File 'lib/bio/db/phyloxml/phyloxml_elements.rb', line 996

def desc
  @desc
end

#doi ⇒ Object

String. Digital Object Identifier.



993
994
995
 
# File 'lib/bio/db/phyloxml/phyloxml_elements.rb', line 993

def doi
  @doi
end

Instance Method Details

#to_xml ⇒ Object

Converts elements to xml representation. Called by PhyloXML::Writer class.



999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
 
# File 'lib/bio/db/phyloxml/phyloxml_elements.rb', line 999

def to_xml
  ref = LibXML::XML::Node.new('reference')
  Writer.generate_xml(ref, self, [
        [:attr, 'doi'],
        [:simple, 'desc', (defined? @desc) ? @desc : nil]])
   return ref
end