NAME

Bio::SeqIO::Handler - Handler of the SeqIO classes for tieing to filehandles

SYNOPSIS

    $stream = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file => "filename", -format => 'Fasta');

    tie *SEQ, 'Bio::SeqIO::Handler', $stream;

    while $seq ( <SEQ> ) {
        # $seq is Bio::Seq object
    }

DESCRIPTION

This object wraps over the Bio::SeqIO:: format classes, providing the correct glue for the tie mechanism in to filehandles. This allows normal looking perl filehandles can be used to provide a streams for converting sequences to and from ascii formats

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Ewan Birney

Email birney@sanger.ac.uk

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APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

_streamobj

 Title   : _streamobj
 Usage   : $obj->_streamobj($newval)
 Function: 
 Example : 
 Returns : value of _streamobj
 Args    : newvalue (optional)