Add adaptor for Sequence Ontology (SO) terms.

modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/DBSQL/SOTermAdaptor.pm

+=head1 LICENSE
+
+  Copyright (c) 1999-2009 The European Bioinformatics Institute and
+  Genome Research Limited.  All rights reserved.
+
+  This software is distributed under a modified Apache license.
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+
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+
+=head1 CONTACT
+
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+
+=cut
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::SOTermAdaptor
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+A specialization of Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::OntologyTermAdaptor,
+specifically for Sequence ontology (SO) terms.  See the
+documentation of Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::OntologyTermAdaptor for
+further information.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=cut
+
+package Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::SOTermAdaptor;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use base qw( Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::OntologyTermAdaptor );
+
+=head2 new
+
+  Arg [1]       : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor
+                  Argument required for parent class
+                  Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::BaseAdaptor.
+
+  Description   : Creates an ontology term adaptor for SO terms.
+
+  Example       :
+
+    my $go_adaptor = Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::SOTermAdaptor->new( $dba );
+
+  Return type   : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::SOTermAdaptor
+
+=cut
+
+sub new {
+  my ( $proto, $dba ) = @_;
+
+  my $this = $proto->SUPER::new( $dba, 'SO' );
+
+  return $this;
+}
+
+1;