NAME
Bio::Map::PositionI - Abstracts the notion of a position having a value in the context of a marker and a Map
SYNOPSIS
# do not use directlyDESCRIPTION
This object stores one of the postions a that a mappable object (e.g. Marker) may have in a map (e.g. restriction enzymes or a SNP mapped to several chromosomes).
The method numeric() returns the position in a form that can be compared between other positions of the same type.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Lincoln Stein, lstein@cshl.org Heikki Lehvaslaiho, heikki@ebi.ac.uk
APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
map
Title : map
Usage : my $id = map->$map;
Function: Get/Set the map the position is in.
Returns : L<Bio::Map::MapI>
Args : [optional] new L<Bio::Map::MapI>marker
Title : marker
Usage : my $id = marker->$marker;
Function: Get/Set the marker the position is in.
Returns : L<Bio::Map::MarkerI>
Args : [optional] new L<Bio::Map::MarkerI>value
Title : value
Usage : my $pos = $position->value;
Function: Get/Set the value for this position
Returns : scalar, value
Args : [optional] new value to setnumeric
Title : numeric
Usage : my $num = $position->numeric;
Function: Read-only method that is guarantied to return
representation for this position that can be compared with others
Returns : numeric (int, real or range)
Args : none