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/ Bio::SearchIO::fasta

NAME

Bio::SearchIO::fasta - A SearchIO parser for FASTA results

SYNOPSIS

  # Do not use this object directly, use it through the SearchIO system
   use Bio::SearchIO;
   my $searchio = new Bio::SearchIO(-format => 'fasta',
				    -file   => 'report.FASTA');
   while( my $result = $searchio->next_result ) {
	# ... do what you would normally doi with Bio::SearchIO.
   }

DESCRIPTION

This object contains the event based parsing code for FASTA format reports. It creates Bio::Search::HSP::FastaHSP objects instead of Bio::Search::HSP::GenericHSP for the HSP objects.

This module will parse -m 9 -d 0 output as well as default m 1 output from FASTA as well as SSEARCH.

Also see the SearchIO HOWTO: http://bioperl.open-bio.org/wiki/HOWTO:SearchIO.

FEEDBACK

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Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich, Aaron Mackey

Email jason-at-bioperl.org

APPENDIX

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

new

Title   : new
Usage   : my $obj = new Bio::SearchIO::fasta();
Function: Builds a new Bio::SearchIO::fasta object 
Returns : Bio::SearchIO::fasta
Args    : -idlength - set ID length to something other 
                      than the default (7), this is only
                      necessary if you have compiled FASTA
                      with a new default id length to display
                      in the HSP alignment blocks

next_result

Title   : next_result
Usage   : my $hit = $searchio->next_result;
Function: Returns the next Result from a search
Returns : Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object
Args    : none

start_element

Title   : start_element
Usage   : $eventgenerator->start_element
Function: Handles a start element event
Returns : none
Args    : hashref with at least 2 keys 'Data' and 'Name'

end_element

Title   : start_element
Usage   : $eventgenerator->end_element
Function: Handles an end element event
Returns : none
Args    : hashref with at least 2 keys 'Data' and 'Name'

element

Title   : element
Usage   : $eventhandler->element({'Name' => $name, 'Data' => $str});
Function: Convience method that calls start_element, characters, end_element
Returns : none
Args    : Hash ref with the keys 'Name' and 'Data'

characters

Title   : characters
Usage   : $eventgenerator->characters($str)
Function: Send a character events
Returns : none
Args    : string

_mode

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

within_element

Title   : within_element
Usage   : if( $eventgenerator->within_element($element) ) {}
Function: Test if we are within a particular element
          This is different than 'in' because within can be tested
          for a whole block.
Returns : boolean
Args    : string element name

in_element

Title   : in_element
Usage   : if( $eventgenerator->in_element($element) ) {}
Function: Test if we are in a particular element
          This is different than 'in' because within can be tested
          for a whole block.
Returns : boolean
Args    : string element name

start_document

Title   : start_document
Usage   : $eventgenerator->start_document
Function: Handles a start document event
Returns : none
Args    : none

end_document

Title   : end_document
Usage   : $eventgenerator->end_document
Function: Handles an end document event
Returns : Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object
Args    : none

idlength

Title   : idlength
Usage   : $obj->idlength($newval)
Function: Internal storage of the length of the ID desc
          in the HSP alignment blocks.  Defaults to
          $IDLENGTH class variable value
Returns : value of idlength
Args    : newvalue (optional)

result_count

Title   : result_count
Usage   : my $count = $searchio->result_count
Function: Returns the number of results we have processed
Returns : integer
Args    : none