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bioperl-1.5.2_004-RCb
/ Bio::Assembly::ScaffoldI

NAME

Bio::Assembly::ScaffoldI - Abstract Inteface of Sequence Assemblies

SYNOPSIS

# get a Bio::Assembly::ScaffoldI object somehow

foreach my $contig ($assembly->all_contigs) {
   # do something (see Bio::Assembly::Contig)
}

DESCRIPTION

This interface defines the basic set of methods an object should have to manipulate assembly data.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Robson Francisco de Souza

Email: rfsouza@citri.iq.usp.br

APPENDIX

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

Accessing general assembly data

get_nof_contigs

Title   : get_nof_contigs
Usage   : $assembly->get_nof_contigs()
Function: Get the number of contigs included in the assembly
Returns : integer
Args    : none

get_nof_singlets

Title   : get_nof_singlets
Usage   : $assembly->get_nof_singlets()
Function: Get the number of singlets included in the assembly
Returns : integer
Args    : none

get_contig_ids

	Title   : get_contig_ids
	Usage   : $assembly->get_contig_ids()
	Function: Access list of contig IDs from assembly
	Returns : an array if there are any contigs in the assembly.
                  undef otherwise
	Args    : an array of contig IDs

get_singlet_ids

	Title   : get_singlet_ids
	Usage   : $assembly->get_singlet_ids()
	Function: Access list of singlet IDs from assembly
	Returns : an array if there are any singlets in the assembly.
                  undef otherwise
	Args    : an array of singlet IDs

get_contig_by_id

Title   : get_contig_by_id
Usage   : $assembly->get_contig_by_id($id)
Function: Get a reference for a contig from the assembly
Returns : a Bio::Assembly::Contig object or undef
Args    : [string] contig unique identifier (ID)

get_singlet_by_id

Title   : get_singlet_by_id
Usage   : $assembly->get_singlet_by_id()
Function: Get a reference for a singlet from the assembly
Returns : Bio::PrimarySeqI object or undef
Args    : [string] a singlet ID

Modifier methods

Implementation of these methods is optional in the sense that read-only implementations may not have these. If an object implements one of them, it should however implement all.

add_contig

	Title   : add_contig
	Usage   : $assembly->add_contig($contig)
	Function: Add another contig to the Bio::Assembly::ScaffoldI object
	Returns : 1 on success, 0 otherwise
	Args    : a Bio::Assembly:Contig object

    See Bio::Assembly::Contig for more information

add_singlet

Title   : add_singlet
Usage   : $assembly->add_singlet($seq)
Function: Add another singlet to the Bio::Assembly::ScaffoldI object
Returns : 1 on success, 0 otherwise
Args    : a Bio::Align::Singlet object

remove_contigs

        Title   : remove_contigs
	Usage   : $assembly->remove_contigs(1..4)
	Function: Remove contig from assembly object
	Returns : a Bio::Assembly::Contig object
	Args    : a list of contig IDs

    See function get_contig_ids() above

remove_singlets

        Title   : remove_singlets
	Usage   : $assembly->remove_singlets(1..4)
	Function: Remove singlet from assembly object
	Returns : a Bio::SeqI object
	Args    : a list of singlet IDs 

    See function get_singlet_ids() above

Contig and singlet selection methos

select_contigs

	Title   : select_contig
	Usage   : $assembly->select_contig
	Function: Selects an array of contigs from the assembly
	Returns : an array of Bio::Assembly::Contig objects
	Args    : an array of contig ids

    See function get_contig_ids() above

select_singlets

	Title   : select_singlets
	Usage   : $assembly->select_singlets(@list)
	Function: Selects an array of singlets from the assembly
	Returns : an array of Bio::SeqI objects
	Args    : an array of singlet ids

    See function get_singlet_ids() above

all_contigs

Title   : all_contigs
Usage   : my @contigs = $assembly->all_contigs
Function: Returns a list of all contigs in this assembly.
	  Contigs are both clusters and alignments of one
	  or more reads, with an associated consensus
	  sequence.
Returns : array of Bio::Assembly::Contig
Args    : none

all_singlets

    Title   : all_singlets
    Usage   : my @singlets = $assembly->all_singlets
    Function: Returns a list of all singlets in this assembly.
	      Singlets are isolated reads, without non-vector
	      matches to any other read in the assembly.
    Returns : array of Bio::Assembly::Contig
    Args    : none