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Bio::AnalysisParserI - Generic analysis output parser interface

Package variables

Included modules

Inherit

Bio::Root::RootI

Synopsis

    # get a AnalysisParserI somehow.
    # Eventually, there may be an Bio::Factory::AnalysisParserFactory.
    # For now a SearchIO object, an implementation of AnalysisParserI, can be created 
    # directly, as in the following:
    my $parser = Bio::SearchIO->new(
				    '-file'   => 'inputfile',
				    '-format' => 'blast'); 

    while( my $result = $parser->next_result() ) {
	print "Result:  ", $result->analysis_method, 
              ", Query:  ", $result->query_name, "\n";

          while( my $feature = $result->next_feature() ) {
              print "Feature from ", $feature->start, " to ", 
                    $feature->end, "\n";
          }
    }

Description

AnalysisParserI is a interface for describing generic analysis
result parsers. This module makes no assumption about the nature of
analysis being parsed, only that zero or more result sets can be
obtained from the input source.
This module was derived from Bio::SeqAnalysisParserI, the differences being
    Instead of flattening a stream containing potentially multiple
analysis results into a single set of features, AnalysisParserI
segments the stream in terms of analysis result sets
(Bio::AnalysisResultI objects). Each AnalysisResultI can then be
queried for its features (if any) as well as other information
about the result
    It does not inherit from Bio::Root::RootI and does not provide a new()
method. Implementations are free to choose how to implement it.
The concept behind this interface is to have a generic interface in sequence
annotation pipelines (as used e.g. in high-throughput automated
sequence annotation). This interface enables plug-and-play for new analysis
methods and their corresponding parsers without the necessity for modifying
the core of the annotation pipeline. In this concept the annotation pipeline
has to rely on only a list of methods for which to process the results, and a
factory from which it can obtain the corresponding parser implementing this
interface. Create Bio::Factory::AnalysisParserFactoryI and
Bio::Factory::AnalysisParserFactory for interface and an implementation.
Note that this factory could return Bio::SearchIO-derived objects.

Methods

Methods description

 Title   : default_result_factory_class
 Usage   : $res_factory = $obj->default_result_factory_class()->new( @args )
 Function: Returns the name of the default class to be used for creating
           Bio::AnalysisResultI objects.
 Example :
 Returns : A string containing the name of a class that implements 
           the Bio::Factory::ResultFactoryI interface.
 Args    : none

 Title   : next_result
 Usage   : $result = $obj->next_result();
 Function: Returns the next result available from the input, or
           undef if there are no more results.
 Example :
 Returns : A Bio::Search::Result::ResultI implementing object, 
           or undef if there are no more results.
 Args    : none

 Title   : result_factory
 Usage   : $res_fact = $obj->result_factory;     (get)
         : $obj->result_factory( $factory );      (set)
 Function: Sets/Gets a factory object to create result objects for this AnalysisParser.
 Returns : Bio::Factory::ResultFactoryI object 
 Args    : Bio::Factory::ResultFactoryI object (when setting)
 Comments: A AnalysisParserI implementation should provide a default result factory.
           obtainable by the  default_result_factory_class() method.

Methods code

sub default_result_factory_class {

  my $self = shift;
# TODO: Uncomment this when Jason's SearchIO code conforms
#  $self->throw_not_implemented;
}

1;
__END__

NOTE: My ten-month old son Russell added the following line.
It doesn't look like it will compile so I'm putting it here:
mt6 j7qa

}

sub next_result {

    my ($self);
    $self->throw_not_implemented;

}

sub result_factory {

  my $self = shift;
  $self->throw_not_implemented;

}

General documentation

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Bug reports can be submitted via email or the web:

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Email sac@bioperl.org
Authors of Bio::SeqAnalysisParserI on which this module is based:
Email jason@bioperl.org
Email hlapp@gmx.net

Copyright (c) 2001 Steve Chervitz. All Rights Reserved.

This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
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