NAME

Bio::SearchIO::Writer::GbrowseGFF - Interface for outputting parsed search results in Gbrowse GFF format

SYNOPSIS

use Bio::SearchIO;
my $in = new Bio::SearchIO(-file   => 'result.blast',
                           -format => 'blast');
my $out = new Bio::SearchIO(-output_format  => 'GbrowseGFF',
                            -file           => ">result.gff");
while( my $r = $in->next_result ) {
  $out->write_result($r);
}

DESCRIPTION

This writer produces Gbrowse flavour GFF from a Search::Result object.

AUTHOR Mark Wilkinson

Email markw-at-illuminae-dot-com

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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::Writer::GbrowseGFF(@args);
Function: Builds a new Bio::SearchIO::Writer::GbrowseGFF object 
Returns : an instance of Bio::SearchIO::Writer::GbrowseGFF
Args    :  -e_value => 10   : set e_value parsing cutoff (default 10)

to_string

Purpose   : Produce the Gbrowse format GFF lines for a Result
Usage     : print $writer->to_string( $result_obj, @args);
Argument  : $result_obj = A Bio::Search::Result::ResultI object
          : @args = none at present...
Returns   : String containing data for each search Result or any of its
          : sub-objects (Hits and HSPs).
Throws    : n/a

start_report

Title   : start_report
Usage   : $self->start_report()
Function: has no function, returns nothing
Returns : empty string
Args    : none

end_report

Title   : end_report
Usage   : $self->end_report()
Function: has no function, returns nothing
Returns : empty string
Args    : none

filter

Title   : filter
Usage   : $writer->filter('hsp', \&hsp_filter);
Function: Filter out either at HSP,Hit,or Result level
Returns : none
Args    : string => data type,
          CODE reference
Note    : GbrowseGFF.pm makes no changes to the default filter code