NAME

Bio::Variation::IO::flat - flat file sequence variation input/output stream

SYNOPSIS

Do not use this module directly. Use it via the Bio::Variation::IO class.

DESCRIPTION

This object can transform Bio::Variation::SeqDiff objects to and from flat file databases. The format used is EMBL like extension of what is used by the "EBI Mutation Checker" at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mutations/check.cgi and will eventually replace it.

More information of the attributes and values use can be found at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/mutations/recommendations/.

FEEDBACK

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Reporting Bugs

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AUTHOR - Heikki Lehvaslaiho

Email: heikki@ebi.ac.uk Address:

EMBL Outstation, European Bioinformatics Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton
Cambs. CB10 1SD, United Kingdom 

APPENDIX

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

next

Title   : next
Usage   : $haplo = $stream->next()
Function: returns the next seqDiff in the stream
Returns : Bio::Variation::SeqDiff object
Args    : NONE

write

Title   : write
Usage   : $stream->write(@seqDiffs)
Function: writes the $seqDiff object into the stream
Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error
Args    : Bio::Variation::SeqDiff object