class Ensembl::Core::Xref
The Xref
class provides an interface to the xref table. This table contains external references for objects in the database.
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.
@example
gene = Gene.find(1) gene.xrefs.each do |xref| puts xref.display_label + "\t" + xref.description end
Public Instance Methods
to_s()
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# File lib/bio-ensembl/core/activerecord.rb, line 1480 def to_s return self.external_db.db_name.to_s + ":" + self.display_label end