my ($self, $input) = @_;
    

    $input || $self->throw("a input object needed");
    $self->throw("a Bio::Tools::Prediction::Exon object needed")
        unless($input->isa("Bio::Tools::Prediction::Exon"));

    my $output = Bio::EnsEMBL::Exon->new(
        -start => $input->start,
        -end => $input->end,
        -strand => $input->strand
    );

    $output->score($input->score);
    $output->p_value($input->significance);

    $output->phase($input->get_tag_values("phase")); # only first element is used
    $output->end_phase($input->get_tag_values("end_phase"));

    $output->contig($self->contig);

    return $output;
}


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  my $converter = new Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Converter(
    -in     => 'Bio::Tools::Prediction::Exon',
    -out    => 'Bio::EnsEMBL::Exon',
    -contig => $ens_contig
  );