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bioperl-run-1.5.2_100
/ Bio::Tools::Run::Alignment::MAFFT

NAME

Bio::Tools::Run::Alignment::MAFFT - run the MAFFT alignment tools

SYNOPSIS

use Bio::Tools::Run::Alignment::MAFFT;

DESCRIPTION

You can get MAFFT from http://www.biophys.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~katoh/programs/align/mafft4/. "fftnsi" is the default in this implementation.

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

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APPENDIX

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

program_name

Title   : program_name
Usage   : $factory->program_name()
Function: holds the program name
Returns:  string
Args    : None

executable

Title   : executable
Usage   : my $exe = $blastfactory->executable('blastall');
Function: Finds the full path to the 'codeml' executable
Returns : string representing the full path to the exe
Args    : [optional] name of executable to set path to 
          [optional] boolean flag whether or not warn when exe is not found

program_path

Title   : program_path
Usage   : my $path = $factory->program_path();
Function: Builds path for executable 
Returns : string representing the full path to the exe
Args    : none

program_dir

Title   : program_dir
Usage   : $factory->program_dir(@params)
Function: returns the program directory, obtiained from ENV variable.
Returns:  string
Args    :

error_string

Title   : error_string
Usage   : $obj->error_string($newval)
Function: Where the output from the last analysis run is stored.
Returns : value of error_string
Args    : newvalue (optional)

version

Title   : version
Usage   : exit if $prog->version() < 1.8
Function: Determine the version number of the program
Example :
Returns : float or undef
Args    : none

run

Title   : run
Usage   : my $output = $application->run(\@seqs);
Function: Generic run of an application
Returns : Bio::SimpleAlign object
Args    : array ref of Bio::PrimarySeqI objects OR
          filename of sequences to run with

align

 Title   : align
 Usage   :
	$inputfilename = 't/data/cysprot.fa';
	$aln = $factory->align($inputfilename);
or
	$seq_array_ref = \@seq_array; 
        # @seq_array is an array of Seq objs
	$aln = $factory->align($seq_array_ref);
 Function: Perform a multiple sequence alignment
 Returns : Reference to a SimpleAlign object containing the
           sequence alignment.
 Args    : Name of a file containing a set of unaligned fasta sequences
           or else an array of references to Bio::Seq objects.

 Throws an exception if argument is not either a string (eg a
 filename) or a reference to an array of Bio::Seq objects.  If
 argument is string, throws exception if file corresponding to string
 name can not be found. If argument is Bio::Seq array, throws
 exception if less than two sequence objects are in array.

_run

Title   :  _run
Usage   :  Internal function, not to be called directly	
Function:  makes actual system call to tcoffee program
Example :
Returns : nothing; tcoffee output is written to a
          temporary file OR specified output file
Args    : Name of a file containing a set of unaligned fasta sequences
          and hash of parameters to be passed to tcoffee

_setinput

Title   :  _setinput
Usage   :  Internal function, not to be called directly
Function:  Create input file for mafft programs
Example :
Returns : name of file containing mafft data input 
Args    : Seq or Align object reference or input file name

_setparams

Title   :  _setparams
Usage   :  Internal function, not to be called directly	
Function:  Create parameter inputs for mafft program
Example :
Returns : parameter string to be passed to mafft program
Args    : name of calling object

methods

Title   : methods
Usage   : my @methods = $self->methods()
Function: Get/Set Alignment methods - NOT VALIDATED
Returns : array of strings
Args    : arrayref of strings

Bio::Tools::Run::BaseWrapper methods

no_param_checks

Title   : no_param_checks
Usage   : $obj->no_param_checks($newval)
Function: Boolean flag as to whether or not we should
          trust the sanity checks for parameter values  
Returns : value of no_param_checks
Args    : newvalue (optional)

save_tempfiles

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

outfile_name

Title   : outfile_name
Usage   : my $outfile = $mafft->outfile_name();
Function: Get/Set the name of the output file for this run
          (if you wanted to do something special)
Returns : string
Args    : [optional] string to set value to

tempdir

Title   : tempdir
Usage   : my $tmpdir = $self->tempdir();
Function: Retrieve a temporary directory name (which is created)
Returns : string which is the name of the temporary directory
Args    : none

cleanup

Title   : cleanup
Usage   : $mafft->cleanup();
Function: Will cleanup the tempdir directory
Returns : none
Args    : none

io

Title   : io
Usage   : $obj->io($newval)
Function:  Gets a L<Bio::Root::IO> object
Returns : L<Bio::Root::IO>
Args    : none