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2 # BioPerl module for Bio::SeqEvolution::EvolutionI
4 # Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org>
6 # Cared for by Heikki Lehvaslaiho <heikki at bioperl dot org>
8 # Copyright Heikki Lehvaslaiho
10 # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself
12 # POD documentation - main docs before the code
14 =head1 NAME
16 Bio::SeqEvolution::EvolutionI - the interface for evolving sequences
18 =head1 SYNOPSIS
20 # not an instantiable class
22 =head1 DESCRIPTION
24 This is the interface that all classes that mutate sequence objects in
25 constant fashion must implement. A good example is
26 Bio::SeqEvolution::DNAPoint.
28 =head1 FEEDBACK
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39 =head2 Support
41 Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:
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48 with code and data examples if at all possible.
50 =head2 Reporting Bugs
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58 =head1 AUTHOR
60 Heikki Lehvaslaiho E<lt>heikki at bioperl dot orgE<gt>
62 =head1 CONTRIBUTORS
64 Additional contributor's names and emails here
66 =head1 APPENDIX
68 The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
69 Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
71 =cut
74 # Let the code begin...
77 package Bio::SeqEvolution::EvolutionI;
78 use strict;
80 use base qw(Bio::Root::RootI);
82 =head2 annotation
84 Title : annotation
85 Usage : $obj->annotation($newval)
86 Function: Get the annotation collection for this annotatable object.
87 Example :
88 Returns : a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI implementing object, or undef
89 Args : on set, new value (a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI
90 implementing object, optional) (an implementation may not
91 support changing the annotation collection)
93 See L<Bio::AnnotationCollectionI>
95 =cut
98 =head2 seq
100 Title : seq
101 Usage : $obj->seq($newval)
102 Function: Set the sequence object for the original sequence
103 Returns : The sequence object
104 Args : newvalue (optional)
106 Setting this will reset mutation and generated mutation counters.
108 =cut
110 sub seq { shift->throw_not_implemented(); }
112 =head2 next_seq
114 Title : next_seq
115 Usage : $obj->next_seq
116 Function: Evolve the reference sequence to desired level
117 Returns : A new sequence object mutated from the reference sequence
118 Args : -
120 =cut
122 sub next_seq{ shift->throw_not_implemented(); }
125 =head2 mutate
127 Title : mutate
128 Usage : $obj->mutate
129 Function: mutate the sequence at the given location according to the model
130 Returns : true
131 Args : integer, start location of the mutation, required argument
133 Called from next_seq().
135 =cut
137 sub mutate { shift->throw_not_implemented(); }