NAME
    InterMine::Model - the representation of an InterMine model

SYNOPSIS
      use InterMine::Model;
      use InterMine::ItemFactory;

      my $model_file = 'flymine/dbmodel/build/model/genomic_model.xml';
      my $model = new InterMine::Model(file => $model_file);
      my $factory = new InterMine::ItemFactory(model => $model);

      ...

DESCRIPTION
    The class is the Perl representation of an InterMine data model. The
    new() method can parse the model file. The get_classdescriptor_by_name()
    method will return an InterMine::Model::ClassDescriptor object for the
    class with the given name.

    For an example model see:
    http://trac.flymine.org/browser/trunk/intermine/objectstore/model/testmo
    del/testmodel_model.xml

AUTHOR
    FlyMine "<support@flymine.org>"

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to "support@flymine.org".

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc InterMine::Model;

    You can also look for information at:

    *   FlyMine

        <http://www.flymine.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
    Copyright 2006,2007,2008,2009 FlyMine, all rights reserved.

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

FUNCTIONS
  new
     Title   : new
     Usage   : $model = new InterMine::Model(file => $model_file);
                 or
               $model = new InterMine::Model(string => $model_string);
     Function: return a Model object for the given file
     Args    : file - the InterMine model XML file

  get_classdescriptor_by_name
     Title   : get_classdescriptor_by_name
     Usage   : $cd = $model->get_classdescriptor_by_name("Gene");
     Function: return the InterMine::Model::ClassDescriptor for the given class or
               undef if the class isn't in the model
     Args    : the classname

  get_all_classdescriptors
     Title   : get_all_classdescriptors
     Usage   : @cds = $model->get_all_classdescriptors();
     Function: return all the InterMine::Model::ClassDescriptor objects for this
               model
     Args    : none

  get_referenced_classdescriptor
     Usage    : my $cd = $model->get_referenced_classdescriptor($ref);
     Function : get the class descriptor at the other end of a reference
     Args     : The reference

  find_classes_declaring_field
     Usage    : my @classes = $model->find_classes_declaring_field($str);
     Function : get the class descriptors that declare fields of a certain name  
     Args     : The field's name

  package_name
     Title   : package_name
     Usage   : $package_name = $model->package_name();
     Function: return the package name derived from the name space
               eg. "org.intermine.model"
     Args    : none

  model_name
     Title   : model_name
     Usage   : $model_name = $model->model_name();
     Function: return the model name from the model file eg. "testmodel"
     Args    : none