SYNOPSIS

use Bio::Factory::EMBOSS;
# get an EMBOSS application object from the EMBOSS factory
$factory = Bio::Factory::EMBOSS->new();
$application = $factory->program('embossversion');
# run the application with an optional hash containing parameters
$result = $application->run(); # returns a string or creates a file
print $result . "\n";
$water = $factory->program('water');
# here is an example of running the application
# water can compare 1 seq against 1->many sequences
# in a database using Smith-Waterman
my $seq_to_test; # this would have a seq here
my @seqs_to_check; # this would be a list of seqs to compare
my $wateroutfile = 'out.water';
$water->run({-sequencea => $seq_to_test,
-seqall => \@seqs_to_check,
-gapopen => '10.0',
-gapextend => '0.5',
-outfile => $wateroutfile});
# now you might want to get the alignment
use Bio::AlignIO;
my $alnin = Bio::AlignIO->new(-format => 'emboss',
-file => $wateroutfile);
while ( my $aln = $alnin->next_aln ) {
# process the alignment -- these will be Bio::SimpleAlign objects
}

DESCRIPTION

The EMBOSSApplication class can represent EMBOSS any program. It is created by a Bio::Factory::EMBOSS object.

If you want to check command line options before sending them to the program set $prog->verbose to positive integer. The ADC description of the available command line options is then parsed in and compared to input.

See also Bio::Factory::EMBOSS and Bio::Tools::Run::EMBOSSacd.

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AUTHOR - Heikki Lehvaslaiho

Email heikki-at-bioperl-dot-org

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APPENDIX

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

run

 Title   : run
 Usage   : $embossapplication->run($attribute_hash)
 Function: Runs the EMBOSS program.
 Returns : string or creates files for now; will return objects!
 Args    : hash of input to the program

acd

 Title   : acd
 Usage   : $embossprogram->acd
 Function: finds out all the possible qualifiers for this
           EMBOSS application. They can be used to debug the
           options given.
 Throws  : 
 Returns : boolean
 Args    :

name

 Title   : name
 Usage   : $embossprogram->name
 Function: sets/gets the name of the EMBOSS program
           Setting is done by the EMBOSSFactory object,
           you should only get it.
 Throws  : 
 Returns : name string
 Args    : None

descr

 Title   : descr
 Usage   : $embossprogram->descr
 Function: sets/gets the descr of the EMBOSS program
           Setting is done by the EMBOSSFactory object,
           you should only get it.
 Throws  : 
 Returns : description string
 Args    : None

group

 Title   : group
 Usage   : $embossprogram->group
 Function: sets/gets the group of the EMBOSS program
           Setting is done by the EMBOSSFactory object,
           you should only get it.
           If the application is assigned into a subgroup
           use l<subgroup> to get it.
 Throws  : 
 Returns : string, group name
 Args    : group string

subgroup

 Title   : subgroup
 Usage   : $embossprogram->subgroup
 Function: sets/gets the subgroup of the EMBOSS program
           Setting is done by the EMBOSSFactory object,
           you should only get it.
 Throws  : 
 Returns : string, subgroup name; undef if not defined
 Args    : None

program_dir

 Title   : program_dir
 Usage   :
 Function: Required by WrapperBase
 Throws  :
 Returns : Name of directory with EMBOSS programs
 Args    :

program_path

 Title   : program_path
 Usage   :
 Function: Required by WrapperBase
 Throws  :
 Returns : Full path of program
 Args    :

executable

 Title   : executable
 Usage   :
 Function: Required by WrapperBase
 Throws  :
 Returns : Name of program
 Args    :