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bioperl-1.4
/ Bio::TreeIO

NAME

Bio::TreeIO - Parser for Tree files

SYNOPSIS

{
    use Bio::TreeIO;
    my $treeio = new Bio::TreeIO('-format' => 'newick',
				   '-file'   => 'globin.dnd');
    while( my $tree = $treeio->next_tree ) {
	  print "Tree is ", $tree->size, "\n";
    }
}

DESCRIPTION

This is the driver module for Tree reading from data streams and flatfiles. This is intended to be able to create Bio::Tree::TreeI objects.

FEEDBACK

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Reporting Bugs

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason@bioperl.org

CONTRIBUTORS

Allen Day <allenday@ucla.edu>

APPENDIX

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

new

Title   : new
Usage   : my $obj = new Bio::TreeIO();
Function: Builds a new Bio::TreeIO object 
Returns : Bio::TreeIO
Args    : a hash.  useful keys:
  -format : Specify the format of the file.  Supported formats:

    newick             Newick tree format
    nexus              Nexus tree format
    nhx                NHX tree format
    svggraph           SVG graphical representation of tree
    tabtree            ASCII text representation of tree
    lintree            lintree output format

next_tree

Title   : next_tree
Usage   : my $tree = $treeio->next_tree;
Function: Gets the next tree off the stream
Returns : Bio::Tree::TreeI or undef if no more trees
Args    : none

write_tree

Title   : write_tree
Usage   : $treeio->write_tree($tree);
Function: Writes a tree onto the stream
Returns : none
Args    : Bio::Tree::TreeI

attach_EventHandler

Title   : attach_EventHandler
Usage   : $parser->attatch_EventHandler($handler)
Function: Adds an event handler to listen for events
Returns : none
Args    : Bio::Event::EventHandlerI

_eventHandler

Title   : _eventHandler
Usage   : private
Function: Get the EventHandler
Returns : Bio::Event::EventHandlerI
Args    : none

_load_format_module

Title   : _load_format_module
Usage   : *INTERNAL TreeIO stuff*
Function: Loads up (like use) a module at run time on demand
Example :
Returns :
Args    :

_guess_format

Title   : _guess_format
Usage   : $obj->_guess_format($filename)
Function:
Example :
Returns : guessed format of filename (lower case)
Args    :