SYNOPSIS

# do not use this object directly it is accessed through the Bio::MapIO system

use Bio::MapIO;
my $mapio = Bio::MapIO->new(-format => "mapmaker",
-file => "mapfile.map");
while ( my $map = $mapio->next_map ) { # get each map
foreach my $marker ( $map->each_element ) {
# loop through the markers associated with the map
}
}

DESCRIPTION

This object contains code for parsing and processing Mapmaker output and creating Bio::Map::MapI objects from it.

FEEDBACK

Mailing Lists

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Support

Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

[email protected]

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:

  https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live/issues

AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email [email protected]

APPENDIX

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

next_map

 Title   : next_map
 Usage   : my $map = $factory->next_map;
 Function: Get one or more map objects from the Mapmaker input
 Returns : Bio::Map::MapI
 Args    : none

See Bio::Map::MapI

write_map

 Title   : write_map
 Usage   : $factory->write_map($map);
 Function: Write a map out through the factory
 Returns : none
 Args    : Bio::Map::MapI