NAME
Bio::Factory::EMBOSS - EMBOSS application factory class
SYNOPSIS
# get an EMBOSS factory
use Bio::Factory::EMBOSS;
$f = Bio::Factory::EMBOSS -> new();
# get an EMBOSS application object from the factory
$water = $f->program('water') || die "Program not found!\n";
# here is an example of running the application -
# water can compare 1 sequence against 1 or more sequences
# in a database using Smith-Waterman
my $seq_to_test; # this would have a seq here
my @seqs_to_check; # this would be a list of seqs to compare
# (could be just 1)
my $wateroutfile = 'out.water';
$water->run({-sequences => $seq_to_test,
-seqall => \@seqs_to_check,
-gapopen => '10.0',
-gapextend => '0.5',
-outfile => $wateroutfile});
# now you might want to get the alignment
use Bio::AlignIO;
my $alnin = Bio::AlignIO->new(-format => 'emboss',
-file => $wateroutfile);
while ( my $aln = $alnin->next_aln ) {
# process the alignment -- these will be Bio::SimpleAlign objects
}
DESCRIPTION
The EMBOSS factory class encapsulates access to EMBOSS programs. A factory object allows creation of only known applications.
If you want to check command line options before sending them to the program set $prog->verbose to positive integer. The value is passed on to programs objects and the ADC description of the available command line options is parsed and compared to input.
See also Bio::Tools::Run::EMBOSSApplication and Bio::Tools::Run::EMBOSSacd.
FEEDBACK
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Reporting Bugs
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AUTHOR - Heikki Lehvaslaiho
Email heikki-at-bioperl-dot-org
APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
location
Title : location
Usage : $embossfactory->location
Function: get/set the location of EMBOSS programs.
Valid values are 'local' and 'novella'.
Returns : string, defaults to 'local'
Args : string
program
Title : program
Usage : $embossfactory->program('program_name')
Function: Creates a representation of a single EMBOSS program and issues a
warning if the program was not found.
Returns : Bio::Tools::Run::EMBOSSApplication object or undef
Args : string, program name
version
Title : $self->version
Usage : $embossfactory->version()
Function: gets the version of EMBOSS programs
Throws : if EMBOSS suite is not accessible
Returns : version value
Args : None
Programs
These methods allow the programmer to query the EMBOSS suite and find out which program names can be used and what arguments can be used.
program_info
Title : program_info
Usage : $embossfactory->program_info('emma')
Function: Finds out if the program is available.
Returns : definition string of the program, undef if program name not known
Args : string, prgramname
Internal methods
Do not call these methods directly
_program_list
Title : _program_list
Usage : $embossfactory->_program_list()
Function: Finds out what programs are available.
Writes the names into an internal hash.
Returns : true if successful
Args : None