lib/Bio/SeqFeature/Gene/ExonI.pm

   1 #
   2 # BioPerl module for Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::ExonI
   3 #
   4 # Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org>
   5 #
   6 # Cared for by Hilmar Lapp <hlapp@gmx.net>
   7 #
   8 # Copyright Hilmar Lapp
   9 #
  10 # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself
  11
  12 # POD documentation - main docs before the code
  13
  14 =head1 NAME
  15
  16 Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::ExonI - Interface for a feature representing an exon
  17
  18 =head1 SYNOPSIS
  19
  20 See documentation of methods.
  21
  22 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  23
  24 A feature representing an exon. An exon in this definition is
  25 transcribed and at least for one particular transcript not spliced out
  26 of the pre-mRNA. However, it does not necessarily code for amino acid.
  27
  28 =head1 FEEDBACK
  29
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  40 =head2 Support
  41
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  45
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  58
  59 =head1 AUTHOR - Hilmar Lapp
  60
  61 Email hlapp@gmx.net
  62
  63 =head1 APPENDIX
  64
  65 The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
  66 Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
  67
  68 =cut
  69
  70
  71 # Let the code begin...
  72
  73
  74 package Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::ExonI;
  75 use strict;
  76
  77 use base qw(Bio::SeqFeatureI);
  78
  79
  80 =head2 is_coding
  81
  82  Title   : is_coding
  83  Usage   : if($exon->is_coding()) {
  84                    # do something
  85            }
  86  Function: Whether or not the exon codes for amino acid.
  87  Returns : TRUE if the object represents a feature translated into protein,
  88            and FALSE otherwise.
  89  Args    :
  90
  91
  92 =cut
  93
  94 sub is_coding {
  95     my ($self) = @_;
  96     $self->throw_not_implemented();
  97 }
  98
  99 =head2 cds
 100
 101  Title   : cds()
 102  Usage   : $cds = $exon->cds();
 103  Function: Get the coding sequence of the exon as a sequence object.
 104
 105            The returned sequence object must be in frame 0, i.e., the first
 106            base starts a codon.
 107
 108            An implementation may return undef, indicating that a coding
 109            sequence does not exist, e.g. for a UTR (untranslated region).
 110
 111  Returns : A L<Bio::PrimarySeqI> implementing object.
 112  Args    :
 113
 114
 115 =cut
 116
 117 sub cds {
 118     my ($self) = @_;
 119     $self->throw_not_implemented();
 120 }
 121
 122 1;