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/ Bio::Seq::LargeLocatableSeq

NAME

Bio::Seq::LargeLocatableSeq - LocatableSeq object that stores sequence as files in the tempdir

SYNOPSIS

  # normal primary seq usage
    use Bio::Seq::LargeLocatableSeq;
    my $seq = new Bio::Seq::LargeLocatableSeq(-seq => "CAGT-GGT",
				              -id  => "seq1",
				              -start => 1,
				              -end   => 7);

DESCRIPTION

Bio::Seq::LargeLocatableSeq - object with start/end points on it that can be projected into a MSA or have coordinates relative to another seq.

This object, unlike Bio::LocatableSeq, stores a sequence as a series of files in a temporary directory. The aim is to allow someone the ability to store very large sequences (eg, > 100MBases) in a file system without running out of memory (eg, on a 64 MB real memory machine!).

Of course, to actually make use of this functionality, the programs which use this object must not call $primary_seq->seq otherwise the entire sequence will come out into memory and probably crash your machine. However, calls like $primary_seq->subseq(10,100) will cause only 90 characters to be brought into real memory.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Albert Vilella

Email avilella-AT-gmail-DOT-com

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::Seq::LargeLocatableSeq();
Function: Builds a new Bio::Seq::LargeLocatableSeq object
Returns : an instance of Bio::Seq::LargeLocatableSeq
Args    :

length

Title   : length
Usage   :
Function:
Example :
Returns :
Args    :

seq

Title   : seq
Usage   :
Function:
Example :
Returns :
Args    :

subseq

Title   : subseq
Usage   :
Function:
Example :
Returns :
Args    :

add_sequence_as_string

Title   : add_sequence_as_string
Usage   : $seq->add_sequence_as_string("CATGAT");
Function: Appends additional residues to an existing LargeLocatableSeq object.
          This allows one to build up a large sequence without storing
          entire object in memory.
Returns : Current length of sequence
Args    : string to append

_filename

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

alphabet

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

end

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