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bioperl-1.4
/ Bio::Map::MapI

NAME

Bio::Map::MapI - Interface for describing Map objects in bioperl

SYNOPSIS

# get a MapI somehowe
my $name   = $map->name();     # string
my $length = $map->length();   # integer
my $species= $map->species;    # Bio::Species
my $type   = $map->type();     # genetic/sts/rh/

DESCRIPTION

This object describes the basic functionality of a Map in bioperl. Maps are anything from Genetic Map to Sequence Map to and Assembly Map to Restriction Enzyme to FPC.

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason@bioperl.org

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 _

species

Title   : species
Usage   : my $species = $map->species;
Function: Get/Set Species for a map
Returns : L<Bio::Species> object
Args    : (optional) Bio::Species

units

Title   : units
Usage   : $map->units('cM');
Function: Get/Set units for a map
Returns : units for a map
Args    : units for a map (string)

type

Title   : type
Usage   : my $type = $map->type
Function: Get/Set Map type
Returns : String coding map type
Args    : (optional) string

name

Title   : name
Usage   : my $name = $map->name
Function: Get/Set Map name
Returns : Map name
Args    : (optional) string

length

Title   : length
Usage   : my $length = $map->length();
Function: Retrieves the length of the map, 
          It is possible for the length to be unknown
          for maps such as Restriction Enzyme, will return undef
          in that case
Returns : integer representing length of map in current units
          will return undef if length is not calculateable
Args    : none

unique_id

Title   : unique_id
Usage   : my $id = $map->unique_id;
Function: Get/Set the unique ID for this map
Returns : a unique identifier
Args    : [optional] new identifier to set

add_element

Title   : add_element
Usage   : $map->add_element($marker)
Function: Add a Bio::Map::MappableI object to the Map
Returns : none
Args    : Bio::Map::MappableI object

each_element

Title   : each_element
Usage   : my @elements = $map->each_element;
Function: Retrieves all the elements in a map
          unordered
Returns : Array of Map elements (L<Bio::Map::MarkerI>)
Args    :