my ($self, $pair) = @_;
    unless($pair && $pair->isa('Bio::SeqFeature::FeaturePair')){
        $self->throw('a Bio::SeqFeature::FeaturePair object needed');
    }
    
    if($self->out eq 'Bio::EnsEMBL::RepeatFeature'){
        return $self->_convert_single_to_repeatFeature($pair);
    }elsif($self->out eq 'Bio::EnsEMBL::FeaturePair'){
        return $self->_convert_single_to_featurePair($pair);
    }elsif($self->out eq 'Bio::EnsEMBL::ProteinFeature'){
        return $self->_convert_single_to_proteinFeature($pair);
    }else{
        my $output_module = $self->out;
        $self->throw("Cannot covert to [$output_module]");
    }

    my ($self, $pair) = @_;
    my $feature1 = $pair->feature1;
    my $feature2 = $pair->feature2;
    $self->{_bio_ens_seqFeature}->contig($self->contig);
    $self->{_bio_ens_seqFeature}->analysis($self->analysis);
    my $ens_f1 = $self->{_bio_ens_seqFeature}->_convert_single($feature1);
    my $ens_f2 = $self->{_bio_ens_seqFeature}->_convert_single($feature2);
    my $ens_fp = Bio::EnsEMBL::FeaturePair->new(
        -feature1 => $ens_f1,
        -feature2 => $ens_f2
    );
    return $ens_fp;

    my ($self, $pair) = @_;
    my $featurePair = $self->_convert_single_to_featurePair($pair);
    my $proteinFeature = Bio::EnsEMBL::ProteinFeature->new(
        -feature1 => $featurePair->feature1,
        -feature2 => $featurePair->feature2
    );
    $proteinFeature->seqname($self->translation_id);
    return $proteinFeature;

    my ($self, $pair) = @_;
    my $feature1 = $pair->feature1;
    my $feature2 = $pair->feature2;
    my $ens_repeatfeature = new Bio::EnsEMBL::RepeatFeature(
        -seqname => $feature1->seq_id,
        -start => $feature1->start,
        -end => $feature1->end,
        -strand => $feature1->strand,
        -source_tag => $feature1->source_tag,
    );
    
    my ($h_start, $h_end);
    if($feature1->strand == 1){
        $h_start = $feature2->start;
        $h_end = $feature2->end;
    }elsif($feature1->strand == -1){
        $h_start = $feature2->end;
        $h_end = $feature2->start;
    }else{
        $self->throw("strand cannot be outside of (1, -1)");
    }

    $ens_repeatfeature->hstart($h_start);
    $ens_repeatfeature->hend($h_end);
    my $repeat_name = $feature2->seq_id;
    my $repeat_class = $feature1->primary_tag;
    $repeat_class ||= $feature2->primary_tag;
    $repeat_class ||= "not sure";
    my $ens_repeat_consensus = 
        $self->_create_consensus($repeat_name, $repeat_class);
    $ens_repeatfeature->repeat_consensus($ens_repeat_consensus);
   
    my($contig) = ref ($self->contig) eq 'ARRAY' ? @{$self->contig} : $self->contig;

    $ens_repeatfeature->attach_seq($contig);
    $ens_repeatfeature->analysis($self->analysis);
    return $ens_repeatfeature;

    my ($self, $repeat_name, $repeat_class) = @_;
    my $consensus = new Bio::EnsEMBL::RepeatConsensus;
    $consensus->name($repeat_name);
    $consensus->repeat_class($repeat_class);
    return $consensus;
}

1;

    my ($self, @args) = @_;
    $self->SUPER::_initialize(@args);
    my ($translation_id) = $self->_rearrange([qw(TRANSLATION_ID)], @args);
    $self->translation_id($translation_id);
    
    # internal converter for seqFeature
    $self->{_bio_ens_seqFeature} = new Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Converter (
        -in => 'Bio::SeqFeature::Generic',
        -out => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::SeqFeature',
    );

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