Summary

Bio::Map::SimpleMap - A MapI implementation handling the basics of a Map

Package variables

Included modules

Inherit

Bio::Map::MapI Bio::Root::Root

Synopsis

    use Bio::Map::SimpleMap;
    my $map = new Bio::Map::SimpleMap(-name => 'genethon',
				      -type => 'Genetic',
				      -units=> 'cM',
				      -species => $human);
    foreach my $marker ( @markers ) { # get a list of markers somewhere
	$map->add_element($marker);
    }

Description

This is the basic implementation of a Bio::Map::MapI. It handles the
essential storage of name, species, type, and units as well as in
memory representation of the elements of a map.
Subclasses might need to redefine or hardcode type(), length() and
units().

Methods

Methods description

 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $obj = new Bio::Map::SimpleMap();
 Function: Builds a new Bio::Map::SimpleMap object
 Returns : Bio::Map::SimpleMap
 Args    : -name    => name of map (string)
           -species => species for this map (Bio::Species) [optional]
           -units   => map units (string)
           -elements=> elements to initialize with
                       (arrayref of Bio::Map::MappableI objects) [optional]

           -uid     => Unique Id

 Title   : species
 Usage   : my $species = $map->species;
 Function: Get/Set Species for a map
 Returns : Bio::Species object or string
 Args    : (optional) Bio::Species or string

 Title   : units
 Usage   : $map->units('cM');
 Function: Get/Set units for a map
 Returns : units for a map
 Args    : units for a map (string)

 Title   : type
 Usage   : my $type = $map->type
 Function: Get/Set Map type
 Returns : String coding map type
 Args    : (optional) string

 Title   : name
 Usage   : my $name = $map->name
 Function: Get/Set Map name
 Returns : Map name
 Args    : (optional) string

 Title   : length
 Usage   : my $length = $map->length();
 Function: Retrieves the length of the map,
           It is possible for the length to be unknown
           for maps such as Restriction Enzyme, will return undef
           in that case
 Returns : integer representing length of map in current units
           will return undef if length is not calculateable
 Args    : none

 Title   : unique_id
 Usage   : my $id = $map->unique_id;
 Function: Get/Set the unique ID for this map
 Returns : a unique identifier
 Args    : [optional] new identifier to set

 Title   : add_element
 Usage   : $map->add_element($marker)
 Function: Add a Bio::Map::MappableI object to the Map
 Returns : none
 Args    : Bio::Map::MappableI object

 Title   : each_element
 Usage   : my @elements = $map->each_element;
 Function: Retrieves all the elements in a map
           unordered
 Returns : Array of Bio::Map::MappableI objects
 Args    : none

Methods code

BEGIN {

 $MAPCOUNT = 1;

}

sub new {

  my($class,@args) = @_;

  my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args);

  $self->{'_elements'} = [];
  $self->{'_name'}     = '';
  $self->{'_species'}  = '';
  $self->{'_units'}    = '';
  $self->{'_type'}    = '';
  $self->{'_uid'} = $MAPCOUNT++;
  my ($name, $type,$species, $units,
      $elements,$uid) = $self->_rearrange([qw(NAME TYPE
					      SPECIES UNITS
					      ELEMENTS UID)], @args);
  defined $name     && $self->name($name);
  defined $species  && $self->species($species);
  defined $units    && $self->units($units);
  defined $type     && $self->type($type);
  defined $uid      && $self->unique_id($uid);

  if( $elements && ref($elements) =~ /array/ ) {
      foreach my $item ( @$elements ) {
	  $self->add_element($item);
      }
  }
  return $self;

}

sub species {

   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value ) {
       $self->{'_species'} = $value;
   }
   return $self->{'_species'};

}

sub units {

   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value ) {
       $self->{'_units'} = $value;
   }
   return $self->{'_units'};

}

sub type {

   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   # this may be hardcoded/overriden by subclasses

   if( defined $value ) {
       $self->{'_type'} = $value;
   }
   return $self->{'_type'};

}

sub name {

   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   if( defined $value ) {
       $self->{'_name'} = $value;
   }
   return $self->{'_name'};

}

sub length {

   my ($self) = @_;
   my ($len ) = 0;

   foreach my $marker ($self->each_element) {
       $len = $marker->position->numeric if  $marker->postion->numeric > $len;
   }
   return $len;

}

sub unique_id {

   my ($self,$id) = @_;
   if( defined $id ) {
       $self->{'_uid'} = $id;
   }
   return $self->{'_uid'};

}

sub add_element {

    my ($self,$mapelement) = @_;
    return unless ( defined $mapelement);

    $self->throw("This is not a Bio::Map::MarkerI object but a [$self]")
	unless $mapelement->isa('Bio::Map::MarkerI');

    $mapelement->map($self);	# tell the marker its default map

    push @{$self->{'_elements'}}, $mapelement;

}

sub each_element {

   my ($self) = @_;
   return @{$self->{'_elements'}};

}

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