Bio/SeqFeature/CollectionI.pm

   1 #
   2 # BioPerl module for Bio::SeqFeature::CollectionI
   3 #
   4 # Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org>
   5 #
   6 # Cared for by Jason Stajich <jason@bioperl.org>
   7 #
   8 # Copyright Jason Stajich
   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::CollectionI - An interface for a collection of SeqFeatureI objects.
  17
  18 =head1 SYNOPSIS
  19
  20
  21 # get a Bio::SeqFeature::CollectionI somehow
  22 # perhaps a Bio::SeqFeature::Collection
  23
  24
  25     use Bio::SeqFeature::Collection;
  26     my $collection = Bio::SeqFeature::Collection->new();
  27     $collection->add_features(\@featurelist);
  28
  29
  30     $collection->features(-attributes =>
  31                           [ { 'location' => Bio::Location::Simple->new
  32                                   (-start=> 1, -end => 300) ,
  33                                   'overlaps' }]);
  34
  35 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  36
  37 This interface describes the basic methods needed for a collection of Sequence Features.
  38
  39 =head1 FEEDBACK
  40
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  49
  50 =head2 Support
  51
  52 Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:
  53
  54 I<bioperl-l@bioperl.org>
  55
  56 rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and
  57 reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly
  58 address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem
  59 with code and data examples if at all possible.
  60
  61 =head2 Reporting Bugs
  62
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  66
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  68
  69 =head1 AUTHOR - Jason Stajich
  70
  71 Email jason@bioperl.org
  72
  73 =head1 APPENDIX
  74
  75 The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
  76 Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
  77
  78 =cut
  79
  80
  81 # Let the code begin...
  82
  83
  84 package Bio::SeqFeature::CollectionI;
  85 use strict;
  86 use Carp;
  87
  88 use base qw(Bio::Root::RootI);
  89
  90
  91 =head2 add_features
  92
  93  Title   : add_features
  94  Usage   : $collection->add_features(\@features);
  95  Function:
  96  Returns : number of features added
  97  Args    : arrayref of Bio::SeqFeatureI objects to index
  98
  99 =cut
 100
 101 sub add_features{
 102     shift->throw_not_implemented();
 103 }
 104
 105
 106 =head2 features
 107
 108  Title   : features
 109  Usage   : my @f = $collection->features(@args);
 110  Returns : a list of Bio::SeqFeatureI objects
 111  Args    : see below
 112  Status  : public
 113
 114 This routine will retrieve features associated with this collection
 115 object.  It can be used to return all features, or a subset based on
 116 their type, location, or attributes.
 117
 118   -types     List of feature types to return.  Argument is an array
 119              of Bio::Das::FeatureTypeI objects or a set of strings
 120              that can be converted into FeatureTypeI objects.
 121
 122   -callback   A callback to invoke on each feature.  The subroutine
 123               will be passed to each Bio::SeqFeatureI object in turn.
 124
 125   -attributes A hash reference containing attributes to match.
 126
 127 The -attributes argument is a hashref containing one or more attributes
 128 to match against:
 129
 130   -attributes => { Gene => 'abc-1',
 131                    Note => 'confirmed' }
 132
 133 Attribute matching is simple exact string matching, and multiple
 134 attributes are ANDed together.  See L<Bio::DB::ConstraintsI> for a
 135 more sophisticated take on this.
 136
 137 If one provides a callback, it will be invoked on each feature in
 138 turn.  If the callback returns a false value, iteration will be
 139 interrupted.  When a callback is provided, the method returns undef.
 140
 141 =cut
 142
 143 sub features{
 144     shift->throw_not_implemented();
 145 }
 146
 147 1;