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Summary

Bio::SeqAnalysisParserI - Sequence analysis output parser interface

Package variables

Included modules

Inherit

Bio::Root::RootI

Synopsis

    # get a SeqAnalysisParserI somehow, e.g. by
    my $parser = Bio::Factory::SeqAnalysisParserFactory->get_parser(
                            '-input' => 'inputfile', '-method' => 'genscan');
    while( my $feature = $parser->next_feature() ) {
	print "Feature from ", $feature->start, " to ", $feature->end, "\n";
    }

Description

SeqAnalysisParserI is a generic interface for describing sequence analysis
result parsers. Sequence analysis in this sense is a search for similarities
or the identification of features on the sequence, like a databank search or a
a gene prediction result.
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.
See Bio::Factory::SeqAnalysisParserFactoryI and
Bio::Factory::SeqAnalysisParserFactory for interface and an implementation
of the corresponding factory.

Methods

Methods description

 Title   : next_feature
 Usage   : $seqfeature = $obj->next_feature();
 Function: Returns the next feature available in the analysis result, or
           undef if there are no more features.
 Example :
 Returns : A Bio::SeqFeatureI implementing object, or undef if there are no
           more features.
 Args    : none

Methods code

sub next_feature {

    my ($self) = shift;
    $self->throw_not_implemented();
}

1;

}

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