NAME¶
Bio::Map::PositionI - Abstracts the notion of a position having a value in the
context of a marker and a Map
SYNOPSIS¶
# do not use this module directly
# See Bio::Map::Position for an example of
# implementation.
DESCRIPTION¶
This object stores one of the postions that a mappable object (e.g. Marker) may
have in a map.
Positions can have non-numeric values or other methods to store the locations,
so they have a method
numeric() which does the conversion.
numeric() returns the position in a form that can be compared between
other positions of the same type. It is not necessarily a value suitable for
sorting positions (it may be the distance from the previous position); for
that purpose the result of
sortable() should be used.
A 'position', in addition to being a single point, can also be an area and so
can be imagined as a range and compared with other positions on the basis of
overlap, intersection etc.
FEEDBACK¶
Mailing Lists¶
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list. Your participation is much appreciated.
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Support¶
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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive
experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please
include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if
at all possible.
Reporting Bugs¶
Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs
and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:
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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich¶
Email jason-at-bioperl.org
CONTRIBUTORS¶
Lincoln Stein, lstein-at-cshl.org Heikki Lehvaslaiho, heikki-at-bioperl-dot-org
Sendu Bala, bix@sendu.me.uk
APPENDIX¶
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal
methods are usually preceded with a _
EntityI methods¶
These are fundamental to coordination of Positions and other entities, so are
implemented at the interface level
get_position_handler¶
Title : get_position_handler
Usage : my $position_handler = $entity->get_position_handler();
Function: Gets a PositionHandlerI that $entity is registered with.
Returns : Bio::Map::PositionHandlerI object
Args : none
These are fundamental to coordination of Positions and other entities, so are
implemented at the interface level
map¶
Title : map
Usage : my $map = $position->map();
$position->map($map);
Function: Get/Set the map the position is in.
Returns : L<Bio::Map::MapI>
Args : none to get
new L<Bio::Map::MapI> to set
element¶
Title : element
Usage : my $element = $position->element();
$position->element($element);
Function: Get/Set the element the position is for.
Returns : L<Bio::Map::MappableI>
Args : none to get
new L<Bio::Map::MappableI> to set
marker¶
Title : marker
Function: This is a synonym of the element() method
Status : deprecated, will be removed in the next version
PositionI-specific methods¶
value¶
Title : value
Usage : my $pos = $position->value();
Function: Get/Set the value for this position
Returns : scalar, value
Args : [optional] new value to set
numeric¶
Title : numeric
Usage : my $num = $position->numeric;
Function: Read-only method that is guaranteed to return a numeric
representation of the start of this position.
Returns : scalar numeric
Args : none to get the co-ordinate normally (see absolute() method), OR
Bio::Map::RelativeI to get the co-ordinate converted to be
relative to what this Relative describes.
sortable¶
Title : sortable
Usage : my $num = $position->sortable();
Function: Read-only method that is guaranteed to return a value suitable
for correctly sorting this kind of position amongst other positions
of the same kind on the same map. Note that sorting different kinds
of position together is unlikely to give sane results.
Returns : numeric
Args : none
relative¶
Title : relative
Usage : my $relative = $position->relative();
$position->relative($relative);
Function: Get/set the thing this Position's coordinates (numerical(), start(),
end()) are relative to, as described by a Relative object.
Returns : Bio::Map::RelativeI (default is one describing "relative to the
start of the Position's map")
Args : none to get, OR
Bio::Map::RelativeI to set
absolute¶
Title : absolute
Usage : my $absolute = $position->absolute();
$position->absolute($absolute);
Function: Get/set how this Position's co-ordinates (numerical(), start(),
end()) are reported. When absolute is off, co-ordinates are
relative to the thing described by relative(). Ie. the value
returned by start() will be the same as the value you set start()
to. When absolute is on, co-ordinates are converted to be relative
to the start of the map.
So if relative() currently points to a Relative object describing
"relative to another position which is 100 bp from the start of
the map", this Position's start() had been set to 50 and absolute()
returns 1, $position->start() will return 150. If absolute() returns
0 in the same situation, $position->start() would return 50.
Returns : boolean (default 0)
Args : none to get, OR
boolean to set
RangeI-based methods¶
start¶
Title : start
Usage : my $start = $position->start();
$position->start($start);
Function: Get/set the start co-ordinate of this position.
Returns : the start of this position
Args : scalar numeric to set, OR
none to get the co-ordinate normally (see absolute() method), OR
Bio::Map::RelativeI to get the co-ordinate converted to be
relative to what this Relative describes.
end¶
Title : end
Usage : my $end = $position->end();
$position->end($end);
Function: Get/set the end co-ordinate of this position.
Returns : the end of this position
Args : scalar numeric to set, OR
none to get the co-ordinate normally (see absolute() method), OR
Bio::Map::RelativeI to get the co-ordinate converted to be
relative to what this Relative describes.
length¶
Title : length
Usage : $length = $position->length();
Function: Get the length of this position.
Returns : the length of this position
Args : none
strand¶
Title : strand
Usage : $strand = $position->strand();
Function: Get the strand of this position; it is always 1 since maps to not
have strands.
Returns : 1
Args : none
toString¶
Title : toString
Usage : print $position->toString(), "\n";
Function: stringifies this range
Returns : a string representation of the range of this Position
Args : optional Bio::Map::RelativeI to have the co-ordinates reported
relative to the thing described by that Relative
These methods work by considering only the values of
start() and
end(), as modified by considering every such co-ordinate relative to
the start of the map (ie.
absolute(1) is set temporarily during the
calculation), or any supplied Relative. For the boolean methods, when the
comparison Position is on the same map as the calling Position, there is no
point supplying a Relative since the answer will be the same as without.
Relative is most useful when comparing Positions on different maps and you
have a Relative that describes some special place on each map like 'the start
of the gene', where the actual start of the gene relative to the start of the
map is different for each map.
The methods do not consider maps during their calculations - things on different
maps can overlap/contain/intersect/etc. each other.
The geometrical methods (intersect, union etc.) do things to the geometry of
ranges, and return Bio::Map::PositionI compliant objects or triplets (start,
stop, strand) from which new positions could be built. When a PositionI is
made it will have a map transferred to it if all the arguments shared the same
map. If a Relative was supplied the result will have that same Relative.
Note that the strand-testing args are there for compatibility with the RangeI
interface. They have no meaning when only using PositionI objects since maps
do not have strands. Typically you will just set the argument to undef if you
want to supply the argument after it.
equals¶
Title : equals
Usage : if ($p1->equals($p2)) {...}
Function: Test whether $p1 has the same start, end, length as $p2.
Returns : true if they are describing the same position (regardless of map)
Args : arg #1 = a Bio::RangeI (eg. a Bio::Map::Position) to compare this
one to (mandatory)
arg #2 = optional strand-testing arg ('strong', 'weak', 'ignore')
arg #3 = optional Bio::Map::RelativeI to ask if the Positions
equal in terms of their relative position to the thing
described by that Relative
less_than¶
Title : less_than
Usage : if ($position->less_than($other_position)) {...}
Function: Ask if this Position ends before another starts.
Returns : boolean
Args : arg #1 = a Bio::RangeI (eg. a Bio::Map::Position) to compare this
one to (mandatory)
arg #2 = optional Bio::Map::RelativeI to ask if the Position is less
in terms of their relative position to the thing described
by that Relative
greater_than¶
Title : greater_than
Usage : if ($position->greater_than($other_position)) {...}
Function: Ask if this Position starts after another ends.
Returns : boolean
Args : arg #1 = a Bio::RangeI (eg. a Bio::Map::Position) to compare this
one to (mandatory)
arg #2 = optional Bio::Map::RelativeI to ask if the Position is
greater in terms of their relative position to the thing
described by that Relative
overlaps¶
Title : overlaps
Usage : if ($p1->overlaps($p2)) {...}
Function: Tests if $p1 overlaps $p2.
Returns : True if the positions overlap (regardless of map), false otherwise
Args : arg #1 = a Bio::RangeI (eg. a Bio::Map::Position) to compare this
one to (mandatory)
arg #2 = optional strand-testing arg ('strong', 'weak', 'ignore')
arg #3 = optional Bio::Map::RelativeI to ask if the Positions
overlap in terms of their relative position to the thing
described by that Relative
arg #4 = optional minimum percentage length of the overlap before
reporting an overlap exists (default 0)
contains¶
Title : contains
Usage : if ($p1->contains($p2)) {...}
Function: Tests whether $p1 totally contains $p2.
Returns : true if the argument is totally contained within this position
(regardless of map), false otherwise
Args : arg #1 = a Bio::RangeI (eg. a Bio::Map::Position) to compare this
one to, or scalar number (mandatory)
arg #2 = optional strand-testing arg ('strong', 'weak', 'ignore')
arg #3 = optional Bio::Map::RelativeI to ask if the Position
is contained in terms of their relative position to the
thing described by that Relative
intersection¶
Title : intersection
Usage : ($start, $stop, $strand) = $p1->intersection($p2)
($start, $stop, $strand) = Bio::Map::Position->intersection(\@positions);
$mappable = $p1->intersection($p2, undef, $relative);
$mappable = Bio::Map::Position->intersection(\@positions);
Function: gives the range that is contained by all ranges
Returns : undef if they do not overlap, OR
Bio::Map::Mappable object who's positions are the
cross-map-calculated intersection of the input positions on all the
maps that the input positions belong to, OR, in list context, a three
element array (start, end, strand)
Args : arg #1 = [REQUIRED] a Bio::RangeI (eg. a Bio::Map::Position) to
compare this one to, or an array ref of Bio::RangeI
arg #2 = optional strand-testing arg ('strong', 'weak', 'ignore')
arg #3 = optional Bio::Map::RelativeI to ask how the Positions
intersect in terms of their relative position to the thing
described by that Relative
union¶
Title : union
Usage : ($start, $stop, $strand) = $p1->union($p2);
($start, $stop, $strand) = Bio::Map::Position->union(@positions);
my $mappable = $p1->union($p2);
my $mappable = Bio::Map::Position->union(@positions);
Function: finds the minimal position/range that contains all of the positions
Returns : Bio::Map::Mappable object who's positions are the
cross-map-calculated union of the input positions on all the maps
that the input positions belong to, OR, in list context, a three
element array (start, end, strand)
Args : a Bio::Map::PositionI to compare this one to, or a list of such
OR
a single Bio::Map::PositionI or array ref of such AND a
Bio::Map::RelativeI to ask for the Position's union in terms of their
relative position to the thing described by that Relative
overlap_extent¶
Title : overlap_extent
Usage : ($a_unique,$common,$b_unique) = $a->overlap_extent($b)
Function: Provides actual amount of overlap between two different
positions
Example :
Returns : array of values containing the length unique to the calling
position, the length common to both, and the length unique to
the argument position
Args : a position
disconnected_ranges¶
Title : disconnected_ranges
Usage : my @disc_ranges = Bio::Map::Position->disconnected_ranges(@ranges);
Function: Creates the minimal set of positions such that each input position is
fully contained by at least one output position, and none of the
output positions overlap.
Returns : Bio::Map::Mappable with the calculated disconnected ranges
Args : a Bio::Map::PositionI to compare this one to, or a list of such,
OR
a single Bio::Map::PositionI or array ref of such AND a
Bio::Map::RelativeI to consider all Position's co-ordinates in terms
of their relative position to the thing described by that Relative,
AND, optionally, an int for the minimum percentage of overlap that
must be present before considering two ranges to be overlapping
(default 0)