NAME

Bio::Seq::LargePrimarySeq - PrimarySeq object that stores sequence as files in the tempdir (as found by File::Temp) or the default method in Bio::Root::RootI

SYNOPSIS

# normal primary seq usage

DESCRIPTION

This object stores a sequence as a series of files in a temporary directory. The aim is to allow someone the ability to store very large sequences (eg, > 100MBases) in a file system without running out of memory (eg, on a 64 MB real memory machine!).

Of course, to actually make use of this functionality, the programs which use this object must not call $primary_seq->seq otherwise the entire sequence will come out into memory and probably paste your machine. However, calls $primary_seq->subseq(10,100) will cause only 90 characters to be brought into real memory.

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AUTHOR - Ewan Birney, Jason Stajich

Email birney@ebi.ac.uk Email jason@chg.mc.duke.edu

APPENDIX

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

seq

Title   : seq
Usage   :
Function:
Example :
Returns : 
Args    :

subseq

Title   : subseq
Usage   :
Function:
Example :
Returns : 
Args    :

add_sequence_as_string

Title   : add_sequence_as_string
Usage   :
Function:
Example :
Returns : 
Args    :

_filename

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