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NAME

Bio::Map::MarkerI - Interface for basic marker functionality

SYNOPSIS

Give standard usage here

DESCRIPTION

Describe the interface here

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

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CONTRIBUTORS

Heikki Lehvaslaiho heikki@ebi.ac.uk Lincoln Stein lstein@cshl.org Jason Stajich jason@bioperl.org Chad Matsalla bioinformatics1@dieselwurks.com

APPENDIX

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

name($new_name)

 Title   : name($new_name)
 Usage   : my $name = $o_usat->name($new_name) _or_
	   my $name = $o_usat->name()
 Function: Get/Set the name for this Marker
 Returns : A scalar representing the current name of this Marker
 Args    : If provided, the current name of this Marker
	   will be set to $new_name.

add_position

Title   : add_position
Usage   : $position->add_position($map,'100')
Function: Add a numeric or string position to the PositionI container
Returns : none
Args    : Map - Reference to Bio::Map::MapI 
          String or Numeric coding for a position on a map

each_position

Title   : positions
Usage   : my @positions = $position->each_position_value('mapname');
Function: Retrieve a list of positions coded as strings or ints 
Returns : Array of position values 
Args    : none

purge_positions

Title   : purge_positions
Usage   : $position->purge_positions
Function: Remove all the position values stored for a Marker
Returns : none
Args    : [optional] only purge values for a given map

known_maps

Title   : known_maps
Usage   : my @maps = $marker->known_maps
Function: Returns the list of maps that this position has values for
Returns : list of Bio::Map::MapI unique ids
Args    : none

in_map

Title   : in_map
Usage   : if ( $position->in_map($map) ) {}
Function: Tests if a position has values in a specific map
Returns : boolean
Args    : a map unique id OR Bio::Map::MapI

get_position_object

Title   : get_position_class
Usage   : my $pos = $marker->get_position_object();
Function: To get an object of the default Position class
          for this Marker. Subclasses should redefine this method.
          The Position needs to be L<Bio::Map::PositionI>.
Returns : L<Bio::Map::PositionI>
Args    : none

tuple

Title   : tuple
Usage   : ($me, $you) = $self->_tuple($compare)
Function: Utility method to extract numbers and test for missing values.
          Makes writing subsequent tests easier.
Returns : a tuple of values or ranges
Args    : Bio::Map::MappableI or Bio::Map::PositionI

Bio::Map::MappableI methods

position

Title   : position
Usage   : my position_string = $position->position('mapname');
Function: Get/Set method for single value positions. 
          Gives a simplified interface when only one map and 
          one position per marker is used.
Returns : a position value
Args    : optional:
          Map - Reference to Bio::Map::MapI 
          String or Numeric coding for a position on a map

equals

Title   : equals
Usage   : if( $mappable->equals($mapable2)) ...
Function: Test if a position is equal to another position
Returns : boolean
Args    : Bio::Map::MappableI

less_than

Title   : less_than
Usage   : if( $mappable->less_than($m2) ) ...
Function: Tests if a position is less than another position
Returns : boolean
Args    : Bio::Map::MappableI

greater_than

Title   : greater_than
Usage   : if( $mappable->greater_than($m2) ) ...
Function: Tests if position is greater than another position
Returns : boolean
Args    : Bio::Map::MappableI