lib/Bio/Location/SplitLocationI.pm

   1 #
   2 # BioPerl module for Bio::Location::SplitLocationI
   3 # Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org>
   4 #
   5 # Cared for by Jason Stajich <jason@bioperl.org>
   6 #
   7 # Copyright Jason Stajich
   8 #
   9 # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself
  10 # POD documentation - main docs before the code
  11
  12 =head1 NAME
  13
  14 Bio::Location::SplitLocationI - Abstract interface of a Location on a Sequence
  15 which has multiple locations (start/end points)
  16
  17 =head1 SYNOPSIS
  18
  19   # get a SplitLocationI somehow
  20     print $splitlocation->start, "..", $splitlocation->end, "\n";
  21     my @sublocs = $splitlocation->sub_Location();
  22
  23     my $count = 1;
  24     # print the start/end points of the sub locations
  25     foreach my $location ( sort { $a->start <=> $b->start }  @sublocs ) {
  26                 printf "sub feature %d [%d..%d]\n", $location->start,$location->end;
  27         $count++;
  28     }
  29
  30 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  31
  32 This interface encapsulates the necessary methods for representing the
  33 location of a sequence feature that has more that just a single
  34 start/end pair.  Some examples of this are the annotated exons in a
  35 gene or the annotated CDS in a sequence file.
  36
  37 =head1 FEEDBACK
  38
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  42
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  45
  46 =head2 Support
  47
  48 Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:
  49
  50 I<bioperl-l@bioperl.org>
  51
  52 rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and
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  54 address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem
  55 with code and data examples if at all possible.
  56
  57 =head2 Reporting Bugs
  58
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  60 the bugs and their resolution.  Bug reports can be submitted via the
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  62
  63   https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live/issues
  64
  65 =head1 AUTHOR - Jason Stajich
  66
  67 Email jason-at-bioperl-dot-org
  68
  69 =head1 APPENDIX
  70
  71 The rest of the documentation details each of the object
  72 methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
  73
  74 =cut
  75
  76 # Let the code begin...
  77
  78
  79 package Bio::Location::SplitLocationI;
  80 use strict;
  81
  82 use Carp;
  83
  84 use base qw(Bio::LocationI);
  85
  86
  87 =head2 sub_Location
  88
  89  Title   : sub_Location
  90  Usage   : @locations = $feat->sub_Location();
  91  Function: Returns an array of LocationI objects
  92  Returns : An array
  93  Args    : none
  94
  95 =cut
  96
  97 sub sub_Location {
  98     my ($self,@args) = @_;
  99     $self->throw_not_implemented();
 100 }
 101
 102 =head2 splittype
 103
 104   Title   : splittype
 105   Usage   : $splittype = $fuzzy->splittype();
 106   Function: get/set the split splittype
 107   Returns : the splittype of split feature (join, order)
 108   Args    : splittype to set
 109
 110 =cut
 111
 112 sub splittype {
 113     my($self) = @_;
 114     $self->throw_not_implemented();
 115 }
 116
 117
 118 =head2 is_single_sequence
 119
 120   Title   : is_single_sequence
 121   Usage   : if($splitloc->is_single_sequence()) {
 122                 print "Location object $splitloc is split ".
 123                       "but only across a single sequence\n";
 124             }
 125   Function: Determine whether this location is split across a single or
 126             multiple sequences.
 127   Returns : TRUE if all sublocations lie on the same sequence as the root
 128             location (feature), and FALSE otherwise.
 129   Args    : none
 130
 131 =cut
 132
 133 sub is_single_sequence {
 134     my ($self) = @_;
 135     $self->throw_not_implemented();
 136 }
 137
 138 =head1 Bio::LocationI methods
 139
 140 Bio::LocationI inherited methods follow
 141
 142 =head2 min_start
 143
 144   Title   : min_start
 145   Usage   : my $minstart = $location->min_start();
 146   Function: Get minimum starting location of feature startpoint
 147   Returns : integer or undef if no maximum starting point.
 148   Args    : none
 149
 150 =cut
 151
 152 =head2 max_start
 153
 154   Title   : max_start
 155   Usage   : my $maxstart = $location->max_start();
 156   Function: Get maximum starting location of feature startpoint
 157   Returns : integer or undef if no maximum starting point.
 158   Args    : none
 159
 160 =cut
 161
 162 =head2 start_pos_type
 163
 164   Title   : start_pos_type
 165   Usage   : my $start_pos_type = $location->start_pos_type();
 166   Function: Get start position type (ie <,>, ^)
 167   Returns : type of position coded as text
 168             ('BEFORE', 'AFTER', 'EXACT','WITHIN', 'BETWEEN')
 169   Args    : none
 170
 171 =cut
 172
 173 =head2 min_end
 174
 175   Title   : min_end
 176   Usage   : my $minend = $location->min_end();
 177   Function: Get minimum ending location of feature endpoint
 178   Returns : integer or undef if no minimum ending point.
 179   Args    : none
 180
 181 =cut
 182
 183 =head2 max_end
 184
 185   Title   : max_end
 186   Usage   : my $maxend = $location->max_end();
 187   Function: Get maximum ending location of feature endpoint
 188   Returns : integer or undef if no maximum ending point.
 189   Args    : none
 190
 191 =cut
 192
 193 =head2 end_pos_type
 194
 195   Title   : end_pos_type
 196   Usage   : my $end_pos_type = $location->end_pos_type();
 197   Function: Get end position type (ie <,>, ^)
 198   Returns : type of position coded as text
 199             ('BEFORE', 'AFTER', 'EXACT','WITHIN', 'BETWEEN')
 200   Args    : none
 201
 202 =cut
 203
 204 =head2 seq_id
 205
 206   Title   : seq_id
 207   Usage   : my $seqid = $location->seq_id();
 208   Function: Get/Set seq_id that location refers to
 209   Returns : seq_id
 210   Args    : [optional] seq_id value to set
 211
 212 =cut
 213
 214 =head2 coordinate_policy
 215
 216   Title   : coordinate_policy
 217   Usage   : $policy = $location->coordinate_policy();
 218             $location->coordinate_policy($mypolicy); # set may not be possible
 219   Function: Get the coordinate computing policy employed by this object.
 220
 221             See Bio::Location::CoordinatePolicyI for documentation about
 222             the policy object and its use.
 223
 224             The interface *does not* require implementing classes to accept
 225             setting of a different policy. The implementation provided here
 226             does, however, allow one to do so.
 227
 228             Implementors of this interface are expected to initialize every
 229             new instance with a CoordinatePolicyI object. The implementation
 230             provided here will return a default policy object if none has
 231             been set yet. To change this default policy object call this
 232             method as a class method with an appropriate argument. Note that
 233             in this case only subsequently created Location objects will be
 234             affected.
 235
 236   Returns : A Bio::Location::CoordinatePolicyI implementing object.
 237   Args    : On set, a Bio::Location::CoordinatePolicyI implementing object.
 238
 239 =cut
 240
 241 =head2 to_FTstring
 242
 243   Title   : to_FTstring
 244   Usage   : my $locstr = $location->to_FTstring()
 245   Function: returns the FeatureTable string of this location
 246   Returns : string
 247   Args    : none
 248
 249 =cut
 250
 251 1;
 252