SYNOPSIS

  Bio::MAGE::Tools::MGEDOntologyEntry is an abstract class.
  Superclass is:
    Bio::MAGE::Tools::OntologyEntry
  Subclasses are:
    Bio::MAGE::Tools::MGEDOntologyClassEntry
    Bio::MAGE::Tools::MGEDOntologyPropertyEntry

DESCRIPTION

This is an abstract class for MGEDOntologyClassEntry and MGEDOntologyPropertyEntry with very little mind of its own.

ATTRIBUTES

Attributes are simple data types that belong to a single instance of a class. In the Perl implementation of the MAGE-OM classes, the interface to attributes is implemented using separate setter and getter methods for each attribute.

isAssignable

Stores whether the represented MGED Ontology concept needs to get a value assigned before use or not. (static feature)

isAssigned

Stores whether an assignable concept has been assigned a value or not (dynamic feature)

errorMessage

Stores a possible error message that arose while trying to set the category or more likely value attributes of this class.

assignableValues

Stores the list of values that can be assigned to this category