BaseAdaptor.pm

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=head1 NAME
 
Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::BaseAdaptor - Base Adaptor for DBSQL adaptors
 
=head1 SYNOPSIS
 
  # base adaptor provides
 
  # SQL prepare function
  $adaptor->prepare("sql statement");
 
  # get of root DBAdaptor object
  $adaptor->db();
 
  # constructor, ok for inheritence
  $adaptor = Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::SubClassOfBaseAdaptor->new($dbobj);
 
=head1 DESCRIPTION
 
This is a true base class for Adaptors in the Ensembl DBSQL
system.
 
Adaptors are expected to have the following functions
 
  $obj = $adaptor->fetch_by_dbID($internal_id);
 
which builds the object from the primary key of the object. This
function is crucial because it allows adaptors to collaborate relatively
independently of each other - in other words, we can change the schema
under one adaptor without too many knock on changes through the other
adaptors.
 
Most adaptors will also have
 
  $dbid = $adaptor->store($obj);
 
which stores the object. Currently the storing of an object also causes
the objects to set
 
  $obj->dbID();
 
correctly and attach the adaptor.
 
Other fetch functions go by the convention of
 
  @object_array = @{ $adaptor->fetch_all_by_XXXX($arguments_for_XXXX) };
 
sometimes it returns an array ref denoted by the 'all' in the name of
the method, sometimes an individual object. For example
 
  $gene = $gene_adaptor->fetch_by_stable_id($stable_id);
 
or
 
  @fp = @{ $simple_feature_adaptor->fetch_all_by_Slice($slice) };
 
Occassionally adaptors need to provide access to lists of ids. In this
case the convention is to go list_XXXX, such as
 
  @gene_ids = @{ $gene_adaptor->list_geneIds() };
 
(note: this method is poorly named)
 
=cut
 
package Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::BaseAdaptor;
require Exporter;
use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT);
use strict;
 
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Exception qw(throw);
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Scalar qw(wrap_array);
use DBI qw(:sql_types);
use Data::Dumper;
use Scalar::Util qw/looks_like_number/;
 
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = (@{$DBI::EXPORT_TAGS{'sql_types'}});
 
=head2 new
 
  Arg [1]    : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection $dbobj
  Example    : $adaptor = new AdaptorInheritedFromBaseAdaptor($dbobj);
  Description: Creates a new BaseAdaptor object.  The intent is that this
               constructor would be called by an inherited superclass either
               automatically or through $self->SUPER::new in an overridden 
               new method.
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::BaseAdaptor
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub new {
  my ( $class, $dbobj ) = @_;
 
  my $self = bless {}, $class;
 
  if ( !defined $dbobj || !ref $dbobj ) {
    throw("Don't have a db [$dbobj] for new adaptor");
  }
 
  if ( $dbobj->isa('Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor') ) {
    $self->db($dbobj);
    $self->dbc( $dbobj->dbc );
    $self->species_id( $dbobj->species_id() );
    $self->is_multispecies( $dbobj->is_multispecies() );
  } elsif ( ref($dbobj) =~ /DBAdaptor$/ ) {
    $self->db($dbobj);
    $self->dbc( $dbobj->dbc );
  } elsif ( ref($dbobj) =~ /DBConnection$/ ) {
    $self->dbc($dbobj);
  } else {
    throw("Don't have a DBAdaptor [$dbobj] for new adaptor");
  }
 
  return $self;
}
 
 
=head2 prepare
 
  Arg [1]    : string $string
               a SQL query to be prepared by this adaptors database
  Example    : $sth = $adaptor->prepare("select yadda from blabla")
  Description: provides a DBI statement handle from the adaptor. A convenience
               function so you dont have to write $adaptor->db->prepare all the
               time
  Returntype : DBI::StatementHandle
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : Adaptors inherited from BaseAdaptor
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub prepare {
  my ( $self, $string ) = @_;
 
  # Uncomment next line to cancel caching on the SQL side.
  # Needed for timing comparisons etc.
  #$string =~ s/SELECT/SELECT SQL_NO_CACHE/i;
 
  return $self->dbc->prepare($string);
}
 
 
=head2 db
 
  Arg [1]    : (optional) Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor $obj 
               the database this adaptor is using.
  Example    : $db = $adaptor->db();
  Description: Getter/Setter for the DatabaseConnection that this adaptor is 
               using.
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBAdaptor
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : Adaptors inherited from BaseAdaptor
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub db {
  my ( $self, $value ) = @_;
 
  if ( defined($value) ) {
    $self->{'db'} = $value;
  }
 
  return $self->{'db'};
}
 
=head2 dbc
 
  Arg [1]    : (optional) Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection $obj 
               the database this adaptor is using.
  Example    : $db = $adaptor->db();
  Description: Getter/Setter for the DatabaseConnection that this adaptor is 
               using.
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DBConnection
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : Adaptors inherited from BaseAdaptor
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub dbc {
  my ( $self, $value ) = @_;
 
  if ( defined($value) ) {
    $self->{'dbc'} = $value;
  }
 
  return $self->{'dbc'};
}
 
=head2 is_multispecies
 
  Arg [1]    : (optional) boolean $arg
  Example    : if ($adaptor->is_multispecies()) { }
  Description: Getter/Setter for the is_multispecies boolean of
               to use for this adaptor.
  Returntype : boolean
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub is_multispecies {
  my ( $self, $arg ) = @_;
 
  if ( defined($arg) ) {
    $self->{_is_multispecies} = $arg;
  }
 
  return $self->{_is_multispecies};
}
 
=head2 species_id
 
  Arg [1]    : (optional) int $species_id
               The internal ID of the species in a multi-species database.
  Example    : $db = $adaptor->db();
  Description: Getter/Setter for the internal ID of the species in a
               multi-species database.  The default species ID is 1.
  Returntype : Integer
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : Adaptors inherited from BaseAdaptor
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub species_id {
  my ( $self, $value ) = @_;
 
  if ( defined($value) ) {
    $self->{'species_id'} = $value;
  }
 
  return $self->{'species_id'} || 1;
}
 
 
# list primary keys for a particular table
# args are table name and primary key field
# if primary key field is not supplied, tablename_id is assumed
# returns listref of IDs
sub _list_dbIDs {
  my ( $self, $table, $pk, $ordered ) = @_;
 
  if ( !defined($pk) ) { $pk = $table . "_id" }
 
  my $sql = sprintf( "SELECT `%s` FROM `%s`", $pk, $table );
 
  my $join_with_cs = 0;
  if (    $self->is_multispecies()
       && $self->isa('Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::BaseFeatureAdaptor')
       && !$self->isa('Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::UnmappedObjectAdaptor') )
  {
    
    $sql .= q(
JOIN seq_region USING (seq_region_id)
JOIN coord_system cs USING (coord_system_id)
WHERE cs.species_id = ?
);
 
    $join_with_cs = 1;
  }
 
  if ( defined($ordered) && $ordered ) {
    $sql .= " ORDER BY seq_region_id, seq_region_start";
  }
 
  my $sth = $self->prepare($sql);
 
  if ($join_with_cs) {
    $sth->bind_param( 1, $self->species_id(), SQL_INTEGER );
  }
 
  eval { $sth->execute() };
  if ($@) {
    throw("Detected an error whilst executing SQL '${sql}': $@");
  }
 
  my $id;
  $sth->bind_col( 1, \$id );
 
  my @out;
  while ( $sth->fetch() ) {
    push( @out, $id );
  }
 
  return \@out;
} ## end sub _list_dbIDs
 
 
# _straight_join
 
#   Arg [1]    : (optional) boolean $new_val
#   Example    : $self->_straight_join(1);
#                $self->generic_fetch($constraint);
#                $self->_straight_join(0);
#   Description: PROTECTED Getter/Setter that turns on/off the use of 
#                a straight join in queries.
#   Returntype : boolean
#   Exceptions : none
#   Caller     : general
 
sub _straight_join {
  my $self = shift;
  if(@_) {
    $self->{'_straight_join'} = shift;
  }
 
  return $self->{'_straight_join'};
}
 
sub _can_straight_join {
    my $self = shift;
    return $self->dbc->_driver_object->can_straight_join;
}
 
=head2 bind_param_generic_fetch
 
 Arg [1]   : (optional)  scalar $param
              This is the parameter to bind
 Arg [2]   : (optional) int $sql_type
              Type of the parameter (from DBI (:sql_types))
 Example   :  $adaptor->bind_param_generic_fetch($stable_id,SQL_VARCHAR);
              $adaptor->generic_fetch();
 Description:  When using parameters for the query, will call the bind_param to avoid
               some security issues. If there are no arguments, will return the bind_parameters
 ReturnType : listref
 Exceptions:  if called with one argument
 
=cut
 
sub bind_param_generic_fetch{
    my $self = shift;
    my $param = shift;
    my $sql_type = shift;
 
    if (defined $param && !defined $sql_type){
    throw("Need to specify sql_type for parameter $param\n");
    }
    elsif (defined $param && defined $sql_type){
    #check when there is a SQL_INTEGER type that the parameter is really a number
    if ($sql_type eq SQL_INTEGER){
        throw "Trying to assign a non numerical parameter to an integer value in the database" if ($param !~ /^[+-]{0,1}\d+$/);
    }
    #both paramters have been entered, push it to the bind_param array
    push @{$self->{'_bind_param_generic_fetch'}},[$param,$sql_type];
    }
    elsif (!defined $param && !defined $sql_type){
    #when there are no arguments, return the array
    return $self->{'_bind_param_generic_fetch'};
    }
    
}
 
# Used to reset the params without circumventing scope
sub _bind_param_generic_fetch {
  my ($self, $_bind_param_generic_fetch) = @_;
  $self->{'_bind_param_generic_fetch'} = $_bind_param_generic_fetch if $_bind_param_generic_fetch;
  return $self->{_bind_param_generic_fetch};
}
 
=head2 generate_in_constraint
  
  Arg [1]     : ArrayRef or Scalar $list
                List or a single value of items to be pushed into an IN statement
  Arg [2]     : Scalar $column
                Column this IN statement is being applied to. Please fully resolve the
                column.
  Arg [3]     : Scalar $param_type
                Data type which should be used when binding. Please use DBI data type symbols
  Arg [4]     : Scalar boolean $inline_variables
                Boolean to control if variables are inlined in the constraint. If
                false values are bound via bind_param_generic_fetch() (the default behaviour).
 
  Description : Used internally to generate a SQL constraint to restrict a query by an IN statement.
                The code generates the complete IN statement.
  Returntype  : String
  Exceptions  : If no list is supplied, the list of values is empty or no data type was given
  Caller      : general
 
=cut
 
sub generate_in_constraint {
  my ($self, $list, $column, $param_type, $inline_variables) = @_;
  throw("A list of values must be given") if ! defined $list;
  $list = wrap_array($list); # homogenise into an array
  throw "We should be given at least one value to insert" if scalar(@{$list}) == 0;
  throw "Please supply the DBI param type" if ! defined $param_type;
  #Figure out if we need to quote our values if we are asked to inline the variables
  my $quote_values = 1;
  if($param_type == SQL_INTEGER || $param_type == SQL_TINYINT || $param_type == SQL_DOUBLE ) {
    $quote_values = 0;
  }
 
  my $constraint = qq{${column} IN (};
  if($inline_variables) {
    if($quote_values) {
      $constraint .= join(q{,}, map { qq{"${_}"} } @{$list});  
    }
    else {
      $constraint .= join(q{,}, @{$list});  
    }
  }
  else {
    my @subs = ('?') x scalar(@{$list});
    $constraint .= join(q{,}, @subs);
    $self->bind_param_generic_fetch($_, $param_type) for @{$list};
  }
  $constraint .= q{)};
  return $constraint;
}
 
=head2 generic_fetch
 
  Arg [1]    : (optional) string $constraint
               An SQL query constraint (i.e. part of the WHERE clause)
  Arg [2]    : (optional) Bio::EnsEMBL::AssemblyMapper $mapper
               A mapper object used to remap features
               as they are retrieved from the database
  Arg [3]    : (optional) Bio::EnsEMBL::Slice $slice
               A slice that features should be remapped to
  Example    : $fts = $a->generic_fetch('contig_id in (1234, 1235)');
  Description: Performs a database fetch and returns feature objects in
               contig coordinates.
  Returntype : listref of Bio::EnsEMBL::SeqFeature in contig coordinates
  Exceptions : Thrown if there is an issue with querying the data
  Caller     : BaseFeatureAdaptor, ProxyDnaAlignFeatureAdaptor::generic_fetch
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub generic_fetch {
  my ($self, $constraint, $mapper, $slice) = @_;
  my $sql = $self->_generate_sql($constraint);
  my $params = $self->bind_param_generic_fetch();
  $params ||= [];
  $self->{_bind_param_generic_fetch} = undef;
  my $sth = $self->db()->dbc()->prepare($sql);
  my $i = 1;
  foreach my $param (@{$params}){
    $sth->bind_param($i,$param->[0],$param->[1]);
    $i++;
  }
  eval { $sth->execute() };
  if ($@) {
    throw("Detected an error whilst executing SQL '${sql}': $@");
  }
 
  my $res = $self->_objs_from_sth($sth, $mapper, $slice);
  $sth->finish();
  return $res;
}
 
=head2 generic_count
 
  Arg [1]    : (optional) string $constraint
               An SQL query constraint (i.e. part of the WHERE clause)
  Example    : $number_feats = $a->generic_count('contig_id in (1234, 1235)');
  Description: Performs a database fetch and returns a count of those features
               found. This is analagous to C<generic_fetch()>
  Returntype : Integer count of the elements.
  Exceptions : Thrown if there is an issue with querying the data
 
=cut
 
sub generic_count {
  my ($self, $constraint) = @_;
  my $sql = $self->_generate_sql($constraint, 'count(*)');
  my $params = $self->bind_param_generic_fetch();
  $params ||= [];
  $self->{_bind_param_generic_fetch} = undef;
  my $h = $self->db()->dbc()->sql_helper();
  my $count = $h->execute_single_result(-SQL => $sql, -PARAMS => $params);
  return $count;
}
 
sub _generate_sql {
  my ($self, $constraint, @input_columns) = @_;
  
  my @tabs = $self->_tables();
 
  my $extra_default_where;
 
  # Hack for feature types that needs to be restricted to species_id (in
  # coord_system).
  if (    $self->is_multispecies()
       && $self->isa('Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::BaseFeatureAdaptor')
       && !$self->isa('Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::BaseAlignFeatureAdaptor')
       && !$self->isa('Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::UnmappedObjectAdaptor') )
  {
    # We do a check to see if there is already seq_region
    # and coord_system defined to ensure we get the right
    # alias.  We then do the extra query irrespectively of
    # what has already been specified by the user.
    my %thash = map { $_->[0] => $_->[1] } @tabs;
 
    my $sr_alias =
      ( exists( $thash{seq_region} ) ? $thash{seq_region} : 'sr' );
    my $cs_alias =
      ( exists( $thash{coord_system} ) ? $thash{coord_system} : 'cs' );
 
    if ( !exists( $thash{seq_region} ) ) {
      push( @tabs, [ 'seq_region', $sr_alias ] );
    }
    if ( !exists( $thash{coord_system} ) ) {
      push( @tabs, [ 'coord_system', $cs_alias ] );
    }
 
    $extra_default_where = sprintf(
                      '%s.seq_region_id = %s.seq_region_id '
                        . 'AND %s.coord_system_id = %s.coord_system_id '
                        . 'AND %s.species_id = ?',
                      $tabs[0]->[1], $sr_alias, $sr_alias,
                      $cs_alias,     $cs_alias );
 
    $self->bind_param_generic_fetch( $self->species_id(), SQL_INTEGER );
  } ## end if ( $self->is_multispecies...)
 
  @input_columns = $self->_columns() if ! @input_columns;
  my $columns = join(', ', @input_columns);
 
  #
  # Construct a left join statement if one was defined, and remove the
  # left-joined table from the table list
  #
  my @left_join_list = $self->_left_join();
  my $left_join_prefix = '';
  my $left_join = '';
  my @tables;
  if(@left_join_list) {
    my %left_join_hash = map { $_->[0] => $_->[1] } @left_join_list;
    while(my $t = shift @tabs) {
        my $t_alias = $t->[0] . " " . $t->[1];
      if( exists $left_join_hash{ $t->[0] } || exists $left_join_hash{$t_alias}) {
        my $condition = $left_join_hash{ $t->[0] };
        $condition ||= $left_join_hash{$t_alias};
        my $syn = $t->[1];
        $left_join .=
          "\n  LEFT JOIN " . $t->[0] . " $syn ON $condition ) ";
        $left_join_prefix .= '(';
      } else {
        push @tables, $t;
      }
    }
  } else {
    @tables = @tabs;
  }
 
  my $straight_join = '';
 
  if($self->_straight_join() and $self->_can_straight_join) {
    $straight_join = "STRAIGHT_JOIN";
  }
 
  #construct a nice table string like 'table1 t1, table2 t2'
  my $tablenames = join(', ', map({ join(' ', @$_) } @tables));
 
  my $sql =
      "SELECT $straight_join $columns \n"
    . "FROM $left_join_prefix ($tablenames) $left_join";
 
  my $default_where = $self->_default_where_clause();
  my $final_clause = $self->_final_clause;
 
  if ($extra_default_where) {
    if ($default_where) {
      $default_where .= "\n AND $extra_default_where";
    } else {
      $default_where = $extra_default_where;
    }
  }
 
  #append a where clause if it was defined
  if ($constraint) {
    $sql .= "\n WHERE $constraint ";
    if ($default_where) {
      $sql .= " AND\n       $default_where ";
    }
  } elsif ($default_where) {
    $sql .= "\n WHERE $default_where ";
  }
 
  #append additional clauses which may have been defined, don't append ORDER BY twice
  if (index($final_clause, "ORDER") == -1 || index($sql, "ORDER") == -1) {
    $sql .= "\n$final_clause";
  }
  
  # FOR DEBUG:
  #printf(STDERR "SQL:\n%s\n", $sql);
  
  return $sql;
}
 
 
=head2 fetch_by_dbID
 
  Arg [1]    : int $id
               The unique database identifier for the feature to be obtained
  Example    : $feat = $adaptor->fetch_by_dbID(1234));
               $feat = $feat->transform('contig');
  Description: Returns the feature created from the database defined by the
               the id $id.  The feature will be returned in its native
               coordinate system.  That is, the coordinate system in which it
               is stored in the database.  In order to convert it to a
               particular coordinate system use the transfer() or transform()
               method.  If the feature is not found in the database then
               undef is returned instead
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::Feature or undef
  Exceptions : thrown if $id arg is not provided
               does not exist
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub fetch_by_dbID {
  my ($self, $id) = @_;
  if ($self->_no_id_cache()) {
    return $self->_uncached_fetch_by_dbID($id);
  }
  return $self->_id_cache()->get($id);
}
 
# The actual implmenetation moved sideways to allow for uncached access
# otherwise we'd constantly loop
 
sub _uncached_fetch_by_dbID{
  my ($self,$id) = @_;
 
  throw("id argument is required") if(!defined $id);
 
  #construct a constraint like 't1.table1_id = 123'
  my @tabs = $self->_tables;
  my ($name, $syn) = @{$tabs[0]};
  $self->bind_param_generic_fetch($id,SQL_INTEGER);
  my $constraint = "${syn}.${name}_id = ?";
 
  #Should only be one
  my ($feat) = @{$self->generic_fetch($constraint)};
 
  return if(!$feat);
 
  return $feat;
}
 
 
=head2 fetch_all_by_dbID_list
 
  Arg [1]    : listref of integers $id_list
               The unique database identifiers for the features to
               be obtained.
  Arg [2]    : optional - Bio::EnsEMBL::Slice to map features onto.
  Example    : @feats = @{$adaptor->fetch_all_by_dbID_list([1234, 2131, 982]))};
  Description: Returns the features created from the database
               defined by the the IDs in contained in the provided
               ID list $id_list.  The features will be returned
               in their native coordinate system.  That is, the
               coordinate system in which they are stored in the
               database.  In order to convert the features to a
               particular coordinate system use the transfer() or
               transform() method.  If none of the features are
               found in the database a reference to an empty list is
               returned.
  Returntype : listref of Bio::EnsEMBL::Features
  Exceptions : thrown if $id arg is not provided
               does not exist
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub fetch_all_by_dbID_list {
  my ($self, $id_list_ref, $slice) = @_;
  if ($self->_no_id_cache()) {
    return $self->_uncached_fetch_all_by_dbID_list($id_list_ref, $slice);
  }
  return $self->_id_cache()->get_by_list($id_list_ref, $slice);
}
 
# The actual implmenetation moved sideways to allow for uncached access
# otherwise we'd constantly loop
sub _uncached_fetch_all_by_dbID_list {
  my ( $self, $id_list_ref, $slice ) = @_;
  return $self->_uncached_fetch_all_by_id_list($id_list_ref, $slice, "dbID", 1);
} ## end sub fetch_all_by_dbID_list
 
=head2 _uncached_fetch_all_by_id_list
 
  Arg [1]    : listref of IDs
  Arg [2]    : (optional) Bio::EnsEMBL::Slice $slice
               A slice that features should be remapped to
  Arg [3]    : String describing the ID type.
               Valid values include dbID and stable_id. dbID is an alias for
               the primary key, while other names map directly to table columns
               of the Feature this adaptor manages.
  Arg [4]    : Boolean $numeric
               Indicates if the incoming data is to be processed as a numeric
               or as a String. If arg [3] was set to dbID then we default this to
               be true. If arg [3] was set to stable_id then we default this to
               be false.
               When not using a standard arg[3] the IDs are assumed to be Strings.
  Arg [5]    : Integer $max_size
               Control the maximum number of IDs sent to a database in a single 
               query. Defaults to 2K for Strings and 16K for integers. Only
               provide if you know *exactly* why you need to edit it.
  Example    : $list_of_features = $adaptor->_uncached_fetch_all_by_id_list(
                   [qw(ENSG00000101321 ENSG00000101346 ENSG00000101367)],
                   undef,
                   "stable_id", 0); #using strings
               
               # Numeric set to true because we are using numerics
               $list_of_features = $adaptor->_uncached_fetch_all_by_id_list(
                   [1,2,3,4],
                   undef,
                   "dbID", 1);
 
               # Numeric defaults to true because we are querying using dbID
               $list_of_features = $adaptor->_uncached_fetch_all_by_id_list(
                   [1,2,3,4],
                   undef,
                   "dbID");
  Description: This is a generic method used to fetch lists of features by IDs.
               It avoids caches, meaning it is best suited for block fetching.
               See fetch_all_by_dbID_list() for more info.
  Returntype : ArrayRef of Bio::EnsEMBL::Feature
  Exceptions : Thrown if a list of IDs is not supplied.
  Caller     : BaseFeatureAdaptor, BaseAdaptor and derived classes.
 
=cut
 
sub _uncached_fetch_all_by_id_list {
    my ( $self, $id_list_ref, $slice, $id_type, $numeric, $max_size ) = @_;
 
  if ( !defined($id_list_ref) || ref($id_list_ref) ne 'ARRAY' ) {
    throw("id_list list reference argument is required");
  }
 
  if ( !@{$id_list_ref} ) { return [] }
 
  # Construct a constraint like 't1.table1_id = 123'
  my @tabs = $self->_tables();
  my ( $name, $syn ) = @{ $tabs[0] };
 
  # prepare column name for query. If the id_type was
  # set to dbID then we assume the column must be
  # tablename_id e.g. gene_id. Otherwise we assume the id_type
  # is the field/column name
  my $field_name;
  if($id_type eq 'dbID') {
    $field_name = $name.'_id';
    # If numeric was not set default it to 1 since this is an int
    $numeric = 1 if ! defined $numeric;
  }
  elsif($id_type eq 'stable_id') {
    # If numeric was not set default it to 0 since this is a string
    $numeric = 0 if ! defined $numeric; 
    $field_name = $id_type;
  }
  else {
    $field_name = $id_type;
  }
 
  my $sql_data_type;
 
  # Ensuring we do not exceed MySQL's max_allowed_packet (defaults to 1MB)
  # by splitting large queries into smaller queries of at most 256KB
  # (262,144 8-bit characters)
  # If we had a numeric then really we are talking about working with
  # integers. Normal max ensembl id size is 12 plus 2 characters for
  # commas in our IN statement comes to 14. Even bloating this to 16 gives
  # a max number of 16,384 IDs (262114/16).
  # 
  if($numeric) {
    my $first_id = $id_list_ref->[0];
    if(!looks_like_number($first_id)) {
      throw "You specified that we are looking for numerics but $first_id is not a numeric";
    }
    $max_size = 16384 if ! defined $max_size;
    $sql_data_type = SQL_INTEGER;
  }
  # However when dealing with Strings those can be very large (assuming
  # 128 is the max length of a stable ID). 128 is 8x smaller than our
  # previous max expected integer so we reduce the max ids by 8. This gives
  # 2048 IDs (16384/8)
  else {
    $max_size = 2048 if ! defined $max_size;
    $sql_data_type = SQL_VARCHAR;
  }
  
  # build up unique id list, also validate on the way by
  my %id_list;
  for (@{$id_list_ref}) {
    $id_list{$_}++;
  }
  my @id_list = keys %id_list;
 
  my @out;
  my $inline = 1;
  while (@id_list) {
    my @ids;
    my $id_str;
 
    if ( scalar(@id_list) > $max_size ) {
      @ids = splice( @id_list, 0, $max_size );
    } 
    else {
      @ids     = @id_list;
      @id_list = ();
    }
    # Push off to our IN statement constructor for this work
    my $constraint = $self->generate_in_constraint(\@ids, "${syn}.${field_name}", $sql_data_type, $inline);
    push @out, @{ $self->generic_fetch($constraint, undef, $slice) };
  }
 
  return \@out;
}
 
# might not be a good idea, but for convenience
# shouldnt be called on the BIG tables though
 
sub fetch_all {
  my $self = shift;
  return $self->generic_fetch();
}
 
=head2 last_insert_id
 
  Arg [1]     : (optional) $field the name of the field the inserted ID was pushed 
                into
  Arg [2]     : (optional) HashRef used to pass extra attributes through to the 
                DBD driver
  Arg [3]     : (optional) $table the name of the table to use if the adaptor
                does not implement C<_tables()>
  Description : Delegating method which uses DBI to extract the last inserted 
                identifier. If using MySQL we just call the DBI method 
                L<DBI::last_insert_id()> since MySQL ignores any extra
                arguments. See L<DBI> for more information about this 
                delegated method. 
  Example     : my $id = $self->last_insert_id('my_id'); my $other_id = $self->last_insert_id();
  Returntype  : Scalar or undef
  
=cut
 
sub last_insert_id {
  my ($self, $field, $attributes, $table) = @_;
  my $dbc = $self->dbc();
  my $dbh = $dbc->db_handle();
  my @args;
  unless (@args = $dbc->_driver_object->last_insert_id_args($field, $table)) {
    if(!$table) {
      my ($table_entry) = $self->_tables(); # first table entry
      $table = $table_entry->[0];           # table_entry is [ name, alias ]
    }
    @args = (undef, $dbc->dbname(), $table, $field);
  }
  $attributes ||= {};
  return $dbh->last_insert_id(@args, $attributes);
}
 
=head2 insert_ignore_clause
=cut
 
sub insert_ignore_clause {
    my $self = shift;
    return $self->dbc->_driver_object->insert_ignore_clause;
}
 
=head2 _id_cache
 
  Description : Used to return an instance of a support BaseCache module
                which can be used to speed up object access. The method
                also respects the DBAdaptor's no_cache() flag and will
                return undef in those situations
  Example     : my $cache = $self->_id_cache();
  Returntype  : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::Support::BaseCache
  
=cut
 
sub _id_cache {
  my ($self) = @_;
  return if $self->db()->no_cache() && !$self->ignore_cache_override;
  if(! exists $self->{_id_cache}) {
    $self->{_id_cache} = $self->_build_id_cache();
  }
  return $self->{_id_cache};
}
 
=head2 _no_id_cache
 
  Description : Flags if the ID based caching is active or not. This could be
                due to the adaptor not wanting to cache or because of
                a global no_cache() flag on the DBAdaptor instance
  Returntype  : Boolean
  
=cut
 
sub _no_id_cache {
  my ($self) = @_;
  return 1 if ! $self->_id_cache();
  return 0;
}
 
=head2 ignore_cache_override
 
    Description : Method to interfere with no_cache directive from Registry on
                  a per adaptor basis. This method should be called after new()
                  in order to trigger the _build_id_cache at first query.                  
    Example     : $adaptor->ignore_cache_override(1);              
    Returntype  : Boolean
 
=cut
 
sub ignore_cache_override {
    my $self = shift;
    $self->{'_override'} = shift if(@_);
    unless (defined($self->{'_override'})) {return}
    return $self->{'_override'}; 
}
 
=head2 schema_version
 
    Description : Returns the schema version of the currently connected
                  DBAdaptor. The subroutine also caches this value so
                  repeated calls continue to be speedy.                  
    Example     : $adaptor->schema_version();            
    Returntype  : Integer
 
=cut
 
sub schema_version {
  my ($self) = @_;
  return $self->{_schema_version} if exists $self->{_schema_version};
  my $mc = $self->db()->get_MetaContainer();
  return $self->{_schema_version} = $mc->get_schema_version();
}
 
#_tables
#
#  Args       : none
#  Example    : $tablename = $self->_table_name()
#  Description: ABSTRACT PROTECTED
#               Subclasses are responsible for implementing this
#               method.  It should list of [tablename, alias] pairs.
#               Additionally the primary table (with the dbID,
#               analysis_id, and score) should be the first table in
#               the list. e.g:
#               ( ['repeat_feature',   'rf'],
#                 ['repeat_consensus', 'rc']);
#               used to obtain features.  
#  Returntype : list of [tablename, alias] pairs
#  Exceptions : thrown if not implemented by subclass
#  Caller     : BaseFeatureAdaptor::generic_fetch
#
 
sub _tables {
  throw(   "abstract method _tables not defined "
         . "by implementing subclass of BaseAdaptor" );
}
 
 
#_columns
#
#  Args       : none
#  Example    : $tablename = $self->_columns()
#  Description: ABSTRACT PROTECTED
#               Subclasses are responsible for implementing this
#               method.  It should return a list of columns to be
#               used for feature creation.
#  Returntype : list of strings
#  Exceptions : thrown if not implemented by subclass
#  Caller     : BaseFeatureAdaptor::generic_fetch
#
 
sub _columns {
  throw(   "abstract method _columns not defined "
         . "by implementing subclass of BaseAdaptor" );
}
 
 
# _default_where_clause
#
#  Arg [1]    : none
#  Example    : none
#  Description: May be overridden to provide an additional where
#               constraint to the SQL query which is generated to
#               fetch feature records.  This constraint is always
#               appended to the end of the generated where clause
#  Returntype : string
#  Exceptions : none
#  Caller     : generic_fetch
#
 
sub _default_where_clause { return '' }
 
 
# _left_join
 
#  Arg [1]    : none
#  Example    : none
#  Description: Can be overridden by a subclass to specify any left
#               joins which should occur.  The table name specigfied
#               in the join must still be present in the return
#               values of.
#  Returntype : a {'tablename' => 'join condition'} pair
#  Exceptions : none
#  Caller     : general
#
 
sub _left_join { return () }
 
 
#_final_clause
 
#  Arg [1]    : none
#  Example    : none
#  Description: May be overriden to provide an additional clause
#               to the end of the SQL query used to fetch feature
#               records.  This is useful to add a required ORDER BY
#               clause to the query for example.
#  Returntype : string
#  Exceptions : none
#  Caller     : generic_fetch
 
sub _final_clause { return '' }
 
 
#_objs_from_sth
 
#  Arg [1]    : DBI::row_hashref $hashref containing key-value pairs 
#               for each of the columns specified by the _columns method
#  Example    : my @feats = $self->_obj_from_hashref
#  Description: ABSTRACT PROTECTED
#               The subclass is responsible for implementing this
#               method.  It should take in a DBI row hash reference
#               and return a list of created features in contig
#               coordinates.
#  Returntype : list of Bio::EnsEMBL::*Features in contig coordinates
#  Exceptions : thrown if not implemented by subclass
#  Caller     : BaseFeatureAdaptor::generic_fetch
 
sub _objs_from_sth {
  throw(   "abstract method _objs_from_sth not defined "
         . "by implementing subclass of BaseAdaptor" );
}
 
#_build_id_cache
 
#  Example    : my $id_cache = $self->_build_id_cache
#  Description: ABSTRACT PROTECTED
#               The subclass is responsible for returning an instance
#               of the Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::Support::BaseCache
#               which can be used to speed up ID based fetch operations
#  Returntype : Instance of Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::Support::BaseCache
#  Exceptions : Could be thrown by the implementing sub-class 
#  Caller     : BaseAdaptor::_id_cache
sub _build_id_cache {
  return;
}
 
#
# Given a logic name and an existing constraint this will
# add an analysis table constraint to the feature.  Note that if no
# analysis_id exists in the columns of the primary table then no
# constraint is added at all
#
sub _logic_name_to_constraint {
  my $self = shift;
  my $constraint = shift;
  my $logic_name = shift;
 
  return $constraint if(!$logic_name);
 
  #make sure that an analysis_id exists in the primary table
  my ($prim_tab) = $self->_tables();
  my $prim_synonym = $prim_tab->[1];
 
  my $found_analysis=0;
  foreach my $col ($self->_columns) {
    my ($syn,$col_name) = split(/\./,$col);
    next if($syn ne $prim_synonym);
    if($col_name eq 'analysis_id') {
      $found_analysis = 1;
      last;
    }
  }
 
  if(!$found_analysis) {
    warning("This feature is not associated with an analysis.\n" .
            "Ignoring logic_name argument = [$logic_name].\n");
    return $constraint;
  }
 
  my $aa = $self->db->get_AnalysisAdaptor();
  my $an = $aa->fetch_by_logic_name($logic_name);
 
  if ( !defined($an) ) {
    return;
  }
 
  my $an_id = $an->dbID();
 
  $constraint .= ' AND' if($constraint);
  $constraint .= " ${prim_synonym}.analysis_id = $an_id";
  return $constraint;
}
 
 
1;