Class: Ensembl::Core::ExternalDb

Inherits:
DBConnection show all
Defined in:
lib/ensembl/core/activerecord.rb

Overview

The ExternalDb class provides an interface to the external_db table. This table contains references to databases to which xrefs can point to

This class uses ActiveRecord to access data in the Ensembl database. See the general documentation of the Ensembl module for more information on what this means and what methods are available.

Examples:

embl_db = ExternalDb.find_by_db_name('EMBL')
puts embl_db.xrefs.length.to_s

Class Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from DBConnection

connect, ensemblgenomes_connect

Methods inherited from DBRegistry::Base

generic_connect, get_info, get_name_from_db

Class Method Details

.find_all_by_display_label(label) ⇒ Object

The ExternalDb#find_all_by_display_label method returns all external databases that have this label. There should normally be no more than one. If no databases are found with this name, this method returns an empty array.



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# File 'lib/ensembl/core/activerecord.rb', line 1541

def self.find_all_by_display_label(label)
	answer = Array.new
  xrefs = Xref.find_all_by_display_label(label)
	xrefs.each do |xref|
    answer.push(self.class.find_by_xref_id(xref.xref_id))
  end

  return answer
end

.find_by_display_label(label) ⇒ Object

The ExternalDb#find_by_display_label method returns a database that has this label. If no databases are found with this name, this method returns nil. empty array.



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# File 'lib/ensembl/core/activerecord.rb', line 1555

def self.find_by_display_label(label)
  all_dbs = self.find_all_by_display_label(label)
  if all_dbs.length == 0
    return nil
  else
    return all_dbs[0]
  end
end

.inheritance_column ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ensembl/core/activerecord.rb', line 1533

def self.inheritance_column
  nil
end