Bio::MapIO::mapmaker - A Mapmaker Map reader # do not use this object directly it is accessed through the Bio::MapIO system use Bio::MapIO; my $mapio = new Bio::MapIO(-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 } } This object contains code for parsing and processing Mapmaker output and creating Bio::Map::MapI objects from it.

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next_map
Title : next_tree Usage : my $map = $factory->next_map; Function: Get a map from the factory Returns : L<Bio::Map::MapI> Args : none

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