SYNOPSIS

#Instantiate a Bio::Nexml object and link it to a file
my $in_nexml = Bio::Nexml->new(-file => 'nexml_doc.xml', -format => 'Nexml');
#Read in some data
my $bptree1 = $in_nexml->next_tree();
my $bpaln1 = $in_nexml->next_aln();
my $bpseq1 = $in_nexml->next_seq();
#Use/manipulate data
...
#Write data to nexml file
my $out_nexml = Bio::Nexml->new(-file => '>new_nexml_doc.xml', -format => 'Nexml');
$out_nexml->to_xml();

DESCRIPTION

Bio::NexmlIO is an I/O handler for a NeXML document. A NeXML document can represent three different data types: simple sequences, alignments, and trees. NexmlIO has four main methods next_tree, next_seq, next_aln, and write. NexmlIO returns bioperl seq, tree, and aln objects which can be manipulated then passed to the write method of a new NexmlIO instance to allow the creation of a NeXML document.

Each bioperl object contains all the information necessary to recreate a Bio::Phylo::Taxa object, so each time a bioperl object is converted to a biophylo object, the bioperl object is checked to see if its associated taxa has already been created (against a hash using the NexmlIO_ID and Taxa_ID to create a unique string). If not, it is created; if so, that taxa object is used to link the Bio::Phylo tree or matrix.

For more information on the NeXML format, see <http://www.nexml.org>.

FEEDBACK

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Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

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

AUTHOR - Chase Miller

Email [email protected]

CONTRIBUTORS

Mark A. Jensen, maj -at- fortinbras -dot- com

APPENDIX

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

CONSTRUCTOR

new

 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $in_nexmlIO = Bio::NexmlIO->new(-file => 'data.nexml.xml');
 Function: Creates a L<Bio::NexmlIO> object linked to a stream
 Returns : a L<Bio::NexmlIO> object
 Args    : file name
 
 See L<Bio::Root::IO>

doc

 Title   : doc
 Usage   : my $nexml_doc = $in_nexmlIO->doc();
 Function: returns a L<Bio::Phylo::Project> object that contains all the Bio::Phylo data objects parsed from the stream
 Returns : a L<Bio::Phylo::Project> object
 Args    : none

ITERATORS

next_tree

 Title   : next_tree
 Usage   : $tree = $stream->next_tree
 Function: Reads the next tree object from the stream and returns it.
 Returns : a L<Bio::Tree::Tree> object
 Args    : none

See Bio::Root::IO, Bio::Tree::Tree

next_seq

 Title   : next_seq
 Usage   : $seq = $stream->next_seq
 Function: Reads the next seq object from the stream and returns it.
 Returns : a L<Bio::Seq> object
 Args    : none

See Bio::Root::IO, Bio::Seq

next_aln

 Title   : next_aln
 Usage   : $aln = $stream->next_aln
 Function: Reads the next aln object from the stream and returns it.
 Returns : a L<Bio::SimpleAlign> object
 Args    : none

See Bio::Root::IO, Bio::SimpleAlign

rewind_seq

 Title   : rewind_seq
 Usage   : $stream->rewind_seq
 Function: Resets the stream for seqs
 Returns : none
 Args    : none

See Bio::Root::IO, Bio::Seq

rewind_aln

 Title   : rewind_aln
 Usage   : $stream->rewind_aln
 Function: Resets the stream for alns
 Returns : none
 Args    : none

See Bio::Root::IO, Bio::Simple::Align

rewind_tree

 Title   : rewind_tree
 Usage   : $stream->rewind_tree
 Function: Resets the stream for trees
 Returns : none
 Args    : none

See Bio::Root::IO, Bio::tree::tree

write

 Title   : write
 Usage   : $stream->write(-alns => $alns,-seqs => $seqs,-trees => $trees)
 Function: converts BioPerl seq, tree, and aln objects into Bio::Phylo
           seq, tree, and aln objects, constructs a Bio::Phylo::Project 
           object made up of the newly created Bio::Phylo objects, and 
           writes the Bio::Phylo:Project object to the stream as a valid 
           nexml document
 Returns : none
 Args    : \@L<Bio::Seq>, \@L<Bio::SimpleAlign>, \@L<Bio::Tree::Tree>

See Bio::Root::IO, Bio::tree::tree, Bio::Seq, Bio::SimpleAlign

extract_seqs

 Title   : extract_seqs
 Usage   : $nexmlIO->extract_seqs(-file => ">$outfile", -format => $format)
 Function: converts BioPerl seqs stored in the NexmlIO object into the provided 
                   format and writes it to the provided file. Uses L<Bio::SeqIO> to do 
                   the conversion and writing.
 Returns : none
 Args    : file to write to, format to be converted to

See Bio::Seq, Bio::SeqIO

extract_alns

 Title   : extract_alns
 Usage   : $nexmlIO->extract_alns(-file => ">$outfile", -format => $format)
 Function: converts BioPerl alns stored in the NexmlIO object into the provided 
                   format and writes it to the provided file. Uses L<Bio::AlignIO> to do 
                   the conversion and writing.
 Returns : none
 Args    : file to write to, format to be converted to

See Bio::SimpleAlign, Bio::AlignIO

extract_trees

 Title   : extract_trees
 Usage   : $nexmlIO->extract_trees(-file => ">$outfile", -format => $format)
 Function: converts BioPerl trees stored in the NexmlIO object into the provided 
                   format and writes it to the provided file. Uses L<Bio::TreeIO> to do 
                   the conversion and writing.
 Returns : none
 Args    : file to write to, format to be converted to

See Bio::Tree::Tree, Bio::TreeIO