NAME

Bio::MapIO::mapmaker - A Mapmaker Map reader

SYNOPSIS

# do not use this object directly it is accessed through the Bio::MapIO system

    use Bio::MapIO;
    my $mapio = new Bio::MapIO(-format => "mapmaker",
                               -file   => "mapfile.map");
    while( my $map = $mapio->next_map ) { 
        # get each map
        foreach my $marker ( $map->each_element ) {
            # loop through the markers associated with the map
        }
    }

DESCRIPTION

This object contains code for parsing and processing Mapmaker output and creating Bio::Map::MapI objects from it.

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason@bioperl.org

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APPENDIX

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

next_map

 Title   : next_tree
 Usage   : my $map = $factory->next_map;
 Function: Get a map from the factory
 Returns : L<Bio::Map::MapI>
 Args    : none

write_map

 Title   : write_tree
 Usage   : $factory->write_map($map);
 Function: Write a map out through the factory
 Returns : none
 Args    : Bio::Map::MapI