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NAME

Bio::Coordinate::MapperI - Interface describing coordinate mappers

SYNOPSIS

  # not to be used directly

DESCRIPTION

MapperI defines methods for classes capable for mapping locations between coordinate systems.

FEEDBACK

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

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://bugzilla.bioperl.org/

AUTHOR - Heikki Lehvaslaiho

Email: heikki@ebi.ac.uk Address:

     EMBL Outstation, European Bioinformatics Institute
     Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton
     Cambs. CB10 1SD, United Kingdom

CONTRIBUTORS

Additional contributors names and emails here

APPENDIX

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

in

 Title   : in
 Usage   : $obj->in('peptide');
 Function: Set and read the input coordinate system.
 Example :
 Returns : value of input system
 Args    : new value (optional), Bio::LocationI

out

 Title   : out
 Usage   : $obj->out('peptide');
 Function: Set and read the output coordinate system.
 Example :
 Returns : value of output system
 Args    : new value (optional), Bio::LocationI

swap

 Title   : swap
 Usage   : $obj->swap;
 Function: Swap the direction of mapping: input <-> output)
 Example :
 Returns : 1
 Args    : 

test

 Title   : test
 Usage   : $obj->test;
 Function: test that both components are of same length
 Example :
 Returns : ( 1 | undef )
 Args    :

map

 Title   : map
 Usage   : $newpos = $obj->map($loc);
 Function: Map the location from the input coordinate system
           to a new value in the output coordinate system.
 Example :
 Returns : new value in the output coordiante system
 Args    : Bio::LocationI

return_match

 Title   : return_match
 Usage   : $obj->return_match(1);
 Function: A flag to turn on the simplified mode of
           returning only one joined Match object or undef
 Example :
 Returns : boolean
 Args    : boolean (optional)