Raw content of Bio::Coordinate::Chain # $Id: Chain.pm,v 1.1 2002/10/24 17:35:30 heikki Exp $ # # bioperl module for Bio::Coordinate::Chain # # Cared for by Heikki Lehvaslaiho <heikki@ebi.ac.uk> # # Copyright Heikki Lehvaslaiho # # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself # POD documentation - main docs before the code =head1 NAME Bio::Coordinate::Chain - Mapping locations through a chain of coordinate mappers =head1 SYNOPSIS # create Bio::Coordinate::Pairs, or any MapperIs, somehow $pair1; $pair2; # add them into a Chain $collection = Bio::Coordinate::Chain->new; $collection->add_mapper($pair1); $collection->add_mapper($pair2); # create a position and map it $pos = Bio::Location::Simple->new (-start => 5, -end => 9 ); $match = $collection->map($pos); if ($match) { sprintf "Matches at %d-%d\n", $match->start, $match->end, } else { print "No match\n"; } =head1 DESCRIPTION This class assumes that you have built several mappers and want to link them together so that output from the previous mapper is the next mappers input. This way you can build arbitrarily complex mappers from simpler components. Note that Chain does not do any sanity checking on its mappers. You are solely responsible that input and output coordinate systems, direction of mapping and parameters internal to mappers make sense when chained together. To put it bluntly, the present class is just a glorified foreach loop over an array of mappers calling the map method. It would be neat to an internal function that would generate a new single step mapper from those included in the chain. It should speed things up considerably. Any volunteers? =head1 FEEDBACK =head2 Mailing Lists User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to the Bioperl mailing lists Your participation is much appreciated. bioperl-l@bioperl.org - General discussion http://bio.perl.org/MailList.html - About the mailing lists =head2 Reporting Bugs report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via email or the web: bioperl-bugs@bio.perl.org http://bio.perl.org/bioperl-bugs/ =head1 AUTHOR - Heikki Lehvaslaiho Email: heikki@ebi.ac.uk Address: EMBL Outstation, European Bioinformatics Institute Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton Cambs. CB10 1SD, United Kingdom =head1 CONTRIBUTORS Ewan Birney, birney@ebi.ac.uk =head1 APPENDIX The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _ =cut # Let the code begin... package Bio::Coordinate::Chain; use vars qw(@ISA ); use strict; # Object preamble - inherits from Bio::Root::Root use Bio::Root::Root; use Bio::Coordinate::MapperI; use Bio::Coordinate::Result; use Bio::Coordinate::Collection; @ISA = qw(Bio::Coordinate::Collection Bio::Coordinate::MapperI); =head2 map Title : map Usage : $newpos = $obj->map($pos); Function: Map the location through all the mappers in the chain. Example : Returns : new Location in the output coordiante system Args : a Bio::Location::Simple object =cut sub map { my ($self,$value) = @_; $self->throw("Need to pass me a value.") unless defined $value; $self->throw("I need a Bio::Location, not [$value]") unless $value->isa('Bio::LocationI'); $self->throw("No coordinate mappers!") unless $self->each_mapper; my $res = new Bio::Coordinate::Result; foreach my $mapper ($self->each_mapper) { my $res = $mapper->map($value); return undef unless $res->each_match; $value = $res->match; } return $value; } =head2 Inherited methods =cut =head2 add_mapper Title : add_mapper Usage : $obj->add_mapper($mapper) Function: Pushes one Bio::Coodinate::MapperI into the list of mappers. Sets _is_sorted() to false. Example : Returns : 1 when succeeds, 0 for failure. Args : mapper object =cut =head2 mappers Title : mappers Usage : $obj->mappers(); Function: Returns or sets a list of mappers. Example : Returns : array of mappers Args : array of mappers =cut =head2 each_mapper Title : each_mapper Usage : $obj->each_mapper(); Function: Returns a list of mappers. Example : Returns : array of mappers Args : none =cut =head2 swap Title : swap Usage : $obj->swap; Function: Swap the direction of mapping;input <-> output Example : Returns : 1 Args : =cut =head2 test Title : test Usage : $obj->test; Function: test that both components of all pairs are of the same length. Ran automatically. Example : Returns : boolean Args : =cut sub sort{ my ($self) = @_; $self->warn("You do not really want to sort your chain, do you!\nDoing nothing."); } 1;