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Support¶

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

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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:

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

new¶

 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $obj = Bio::Map::SimpleMap->new();
 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)
           -uid     => Unique Id [defaults to a unique integer]

species¶

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

units¶

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

type¶

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

name¶

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

length¶

 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 0 in that case.
 Returns : integer representing length of map in current units
           will return 0 if length is not calculateable
 Args    : none

unique_id¶

 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

add_element¶

 Title   : add_element
 Usage   : $map->add_element($element)
 Function: Tell a Bio::Map::MappableI object its default Map is this one; same
           as calling $element->default_map($map).
                   *** does not actually add the element to this map! ***
 Returns : none
 Args    : Bio::Map::MappableI object
 Status  : Deprecated, will be removed in next version

get_elements¶

 Title   : get_elements
 Usage   : my @elements = $map->get_elements;
 Function: Retrieves all the elements on a map (unordered unless all elements
           have just 1 position on the map, in which case sorted)
 Returns : Array of Map elements (L<Bio::Map::MappableI>)
 Args    : none

each_element¶

 Title   : each_element
 Function: Synonym of the get_elements() method.
 Status  : deprecated, will be removed in the next version

purge_element¶

 Title   : purge_element
 Usage   : $map->purge_element($element)
 Function: Purge an element from the map.
 Returns : none
 Args    : Bio::Map::MappableI object

annotation¶

 Title   : annotation
 Usage   : $map->annotation($an_col);
           my $an_col = $map->annotation();
 Function: Get the annotation collection (see Bio::AnnotationCollectionI)
           for this annotatable object.
 Returns : a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI implementing object, or undef
 Args    : none to get, OR
           a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI implementing object to set