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bioperl-0.7.0
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NAME

Bio::SeqIO::FTHelper - Helper class for Embl/Genbank feature tables

SYNOPSIS

Used by Bio::SeqIO::EMBL to help process the Feature Table

DESCRIPTION

Represents one particular Feature with the following fields

key - the key of the feature
loc - the location string of the feature
<other fields> - other fields

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APPENDIX

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

_generic_seqfeature

Title   : _generic_seqfeature
Usage   : $fthelper->_generic_seqfeature($annseq, "GenBank")
Function: processes fthelper into a generic seqfeature
Returns : TRUE on success and otherwise FALSE
Args    : Bio::Seq, string indicating the source (GenBank/EMBL/SwissProt)

_parse_loc

Title   : _parse_loc
Usage   : $fthelper->_parse_loc( $loc_string)

Function: Parses the given location string and returns a location object 
          with start() and end() and strand() set appropriately.
          Note that this method is private.
Returns : location object or 0 on fail
Args    : location string

from_SeqFeature

 Title   : from_SeqFeature
 Usage   : @fthelperlist = Bio::SeqIO::FTHelper::from_SeqFeature($sf,
						     $context_annseq);
 Function: constructor of fthelpers from SeqFeatures
         :
         : The additional annseq argument is to allow the building of FTHelper
         : lines relevant to particular sequences (ie, when features are spread over
         : enteries, knowing how to build this)
 Returns : an array of FThelpers
 Args    : seq features

key

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

loc

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

field

Title   : field
Usage   :
Function:
Example :
Returns :
Args    :

add_field

Title   : add_field
Usage   :
Function:
Example :
Returns :
Args    :