NAME

REST::Neo4p::Node - Neo4j node object

SYNOPSIS

 $n1 = REST::Neo4p::Node->new( {name => 'Ferb'} )
 $n2 = REST::Neo4p::Node->new( {name => 'Phineas'} );
 $n3 = REST::Neo4p::Node->new( {name => 'Perry'} );
 $n1->relate_to($n2, 'brother');
 $n3->relate_to($n1, 'pet');
 $n3->set_property({ species => 'Ornithorhynchus anatinus' });

DESCRIPTION

REST::Neo4p::Node objects represent Neo4j nodes.

METHODS

new()

 $node = REST::Neo4p::Node->new();
 $node_with_properties = Rest::Neo4p::Node( \%props );

Instantiates a new Node object and creates corresponding node in the database.

remove()

 $node->remove()

Removes a node from the database and destroys the object.

get_property()

 $name = $node->get_property('name');
 @vitals = $node->get_property( qw( height weight bp temp ) );

Get the values of properties on nodes and relationships.

set_property()

 $name = $node->set_property( {name => "Sun Tzu", occupation => "General"} );
 $node1->relate_to($node2,"is_pal_of")->set_property( {duration => 'old pal'} );

Sets values of properties on nodes and relationships.

get_properties()

 $props = $relationship->get_properties;
 print "'Sup, Al." if ($props->{name} eq 'Al');

Get all the properties of a node or relationship as a hashref.

relate_to()

 $relationship = $node1->relate_to($node2, 'manager');

Set a relationship between two nodes and returns the REST::Neo4p::Relationship thus created. Call on the "from" node, first argument is the "to" node, second argument is the relationship type.

get_relationships()

 @all_relationships = $node1->get_relationships()

Get all incoming and outgoing relationships of a node. Returns array of REST::Neo4p::Relationship objects;

get_incoming_relationships()

 @incoming_relationships = $node1->get_incoming_relationships();

get_outgoing_relationships()

 @outgoing_relationships = $node1->get_outgoing_relationships();

property auto-accessors

See "Property Auto-accessors" in REST::Neo4p.

SEE ALSO

REST::Neo4p, REST::Neo4p::Relationship, REST::Neo4p::Index.

AUTHOR

    Mark A. Jensen
    CPAN ID: MAJENSEN
    TCGA DCC
    mark -dot- jensen -at- nih -dot- gov
    http://tcga-data.nci.nih.gov

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2012 Mark A. Jensen. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.