Bio::SeqIO::tinyseq(3)

NAME
Bio::SeqIO::tinyseq - reading/writing sequences in NCBI TinySeq format

SYNOPSIS
Do not use this module directly; use the SeqIO handler system:

  $stream = Bio::SeqIO->new( -file => $filename, -format => 'tinyseq' );

  while ( my $seq = $stream->next_seq ) {
    ....
  }

DESCRIPTION
This object reads and writes Bio::Seq objects to and from TinySeq XML format. A TinySeq is a lightweight XML file of sequence information, analgous to FASTA format.

See <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dtd/NCBI_TSeq.mod.dtd> for the DTD.

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SEE ALSO
Bio::SeqIO, Bio::Seq.

AUTHOR
Donald Jackson, <donald.jackson@bms.com>

Parts of this module and the test script were patterned after Sheldon McKay's Bio::SeqIO::game. If it breaks, however, it's my fault not his ;).

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

  next_seq
  Title         : next_seq
  Usage         : $seq = $stream->next_seq()
  Function      : returns the next sequence in the stream
  Returns       : Bio::Seq object
  Args          : NONE

  write_seq
  Title         : write_seq
  Usage         : $seq = $stream->write_seq(@sequence_objects); undef $stream
  Function      : outputs one or more sequence objects as TinySeq XML
  Returns       : 1 on success
  Args          : one or more sequence objects as TinySeq XML

Because the TSeq dtd includes closing tags after all sets are written, the output will not be complete until the program terminates or the object is forced out of scope (see close_writer()). May not perfectly reproduce TSeq_sid element for all sequences

  _get_seqs
  Title         : _get_seqs
  Usage         : Internal function - use next_seq() instead
  Function      : parses the XML and creates Bio::Seq objects
  Returns       : 1 on success
  Args          : NONE

Currently stores all sequence objects into memory. I will work on do more of a stream-based approach

  _get_species
  Title         : _get_species
  Usage         : Internal function
  Function      : gets a Bio::Species object from cache or creates as needed
  Returns       : a Bio::Species object on success, undef on failure
  Args          : a classification string (eg 'Homo sapiens') and
                  a NCBI taxon id (optional)

Objects are cached for parsing multiple sequence files.

  _create_species
  Title         : _create_species
  Usage         : Internal function
  Function      : creates a Bio::Species object
  Returns       : a Bio::Species object on success, undef on failure
  Args          : a classification string (eg 'Homo sapiens') and
                  a NCBI taxon id (optional)

  _assign_identifier
  Title         : _assign_identifier
  Usage         : Internal function
  Function      : looks for sequence accession
  Returns       : 1 on success
  Args          : NONE

NCBI puts refseq accessions in TSeq_sid, others in TSeq_accver.

  _convert_seqtype
  Title         : _convert_seqtype
  Usage         : Internal function
  Function      : maps Bio::Seq::alphabet() values [dna/rna/protein] onto
                  TSeq_seqtype values [protein/nucleotide]

  _get_idstring
  Title         : _get_idstring
  Usage         : Internal function
  Function      : parse accession and version info from TSeq_accver
                  or TSeq_sid

  _get_writer
  Title         : _get_writer
  Usage         : Internal function
  Function      : instantiate XML::Writer object if needed,
                  output initial XML

  close_writer
  Title         : close_writer
  Usage         : $self->close_writer()
  Function      : terminate XML output
  Args          : NONE
  Returns       : 1 on success

Called automatically by DESTROY when object goes out of scope