NAME

Bio::Tools::Run::Profile

SYNOPSIS

Build a Profile factory
# $paramfile is the full path to the seg binary file

my @params = ('DB',$dbfile,'PROGRAM',$paramfile);
my $factory = Bio::Tools::Run::Profile->new($param);

# Pass the factory a Bio::PrimarySeqI object
# @feats is an array of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects
my @feats = $factory->run($seq);

DESCRIPTION

Wrapper module for the pfscan program

FEEDBACK

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Support

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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

Reporting Bugs

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AUTHOR - Balamurugan Kumarasamy

Email: fugui@worf.fugu-sg.org

APPENDIX

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

program_name

Title   : program_name
Usage   : $factory>program_name()
Function: holds the program name
Returns:  string
Args    : None

program_dir

Title   : program_dir
Usage   : $factory->program_dir(@params)
Function: returns the program directory, obtained from ENV variable.
Returns:  string
Args    :

new

Title   : new
Usage   : my $factory= Bio::Tools::Run::Profile->new($param);
Function: creates a new Profile factory
Returns:  Bio::Tools::Run::Profile
Args    :

predict_protein_features

Title   :   predict_protein_features
Usage   :   DEPRECATED. Use $factory->run($seq) instead.
Function:   Runs Profile and creates an array of featrues
Returns :   An array of L<Bio::SeqFeature::FeaturePair> objects
Args    :   A Bio::PrimarySeqI

run

Title   :   run
Usage   :   my @feats = $factory->run($seq)
Function:   Runs Profile 
Returns :   An array of L<Bio::SeqFeature::FeaturePair> objects
Args    :   A Bio::PrimarySeqI

_input

Title   :   _input
Usage   :   $factory->_input($seqFile)
Function:   get/set for input file
Returns :
Args    :

_run

Title   :   _run
Usage   :   $factory->_run()
Function:   Makes a system call and runs pfscan
Returns :   An array of L<Bio::SeqFeature::FeaturePair> objects
Args    :

_writeSeqFile

Title   :   _writeSeqFile
Usage   :   $factory->_writeSeqFile($seq)
Function:   Creates a file from the given seq object
Returns :   A string(filename) 
Args    :   Bio::PrimarySeqI