---
name: "Bio::DB::GFF::Aggregator::match"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libbio-db-gff-perl"
version: "1.7.4-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Bio::DB::GFF::Aggregator::match"
---

# Bio::DB::GFF::Aggregator::match(3pm)

## NAME

Bio::DB::GFF::Aggregator::match -- Match aggregator

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Bio::DB::GFF;
  # Open the sequence database
  my $db      = Bio::DB::GFF->new( -adaptor => 'dbi:mysql',
                                   -dsn     => 'dbi:mysql:elegans42',
                                   -aggregator => ['match'],
                                 );
 -------------------------------------------------
 Aggregator method: match
 Main method:       match
 Sub methods:       similarity HSP
 -------------------------------------------------
```

## DESCRIPTION

This aggregator is used for Sequence Ontology-compatible gapped alignments, in which there is a single top-level alignment called "match" and a series of subalignments called either "similarity" or "HSP".

Also see the "alignment" aggregator.

### method

```
 Title   : method
 Usage   : $aggregator->method
 Function: return the method for the composite object
 Returns : the string "match"
 Args    : none
 Status  : Public
```

### part\_names

```
 Title   : part_names
 Usage   : $aggregator->part_names
 Function: return the methods for the sub-parts
 Returns : the list "similarity", "HSP"
 Args    : none
 Status  : Public
```

### main\_name

```
 Title   : main_name
 Usage   : $aggregator->main_name
 Function: return the method for the main component
 Returns : the string "match"
 Args    : none
 Status  : Public
```

## BUGS

None reported.

## SEE ALSO

Bio::DB::GFF, Bio::DB::GFF::Aggregator

## AUTHOR

Lincoln Stein \<lstein@cshl.org\>.

Copyright (c) 2001 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.