Bio::Map::OrderedPosition(3)

NAME
Bio::Map::OrderedPosition - Abstracts the notion of a member
    of an ordered list of markers. Each marker is a certain distance
    from the one in the ordered list before it.

SYNOPSIS
    use Bio::Map::OrderedPosition;
        # the first marker in the sequence
    my $position = Bio::Map::OrderedPosition->new(-order => 1,
                        -positions => [ [ $map, 22.3] ] );
        # the second marker in the sequence, 15.6 units from the fist one
    my $position2 = Bio::Map::OrderedPosition->new(-order => 2,
                        -positions => [ [ $map, 37.9] ] );
        # the third marker in the sequence, coincidental with the second
        # marker
    my $position3 = Bio::Map::OrderedPosition->new(-order => 3,
                        -posititions => [ [ $map, 37.9]] );

DESCRIPTION
This object is an implementation of the PositionI interface and the Position object handles the specific values of a position. OrderedPosition is intended to be slightly more specific then Position but only specific enough for a parser from the MarkerIO subsystem to create and then pass to a client application to bless into the proper type. For an example of how this is intended to work, see the Mapmaker.pm.

No units are assumed here - units are handled by context of which Map a position is placed in.

Se Bio::Map::Position for additional information.

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AUTHOR - Chad Matsalla
Email bioinformatics1@dieselwurks.com

CONTRIBUTORS
Lincoln Stein, lstein@cshl.org Heikki Lehvaslaiho, heikki-at-bioperl-dot-org Jason Stajich, jason@bioperl.org Sendu Bala, bix@sendu.me.uk

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

  new
 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $obj = Bio::Map::OrderedPosition->new();
 Function: Builds a new Bio::Map::OrderedPosition object
 Returns : Bio::Map::OrderedPosition
 Args    : -order : The order of this position

  order
 Title   : order
 Usage   : $o_position->order($new_order);
           my $order = $o_position->order();
 Function: Get/set the order position of this position in a map.
 Returns : int, the order of this position
 Args    : none to get, OR int to set

  sortable
 Title   : sortable
 Usage   : my $num = $position->sortable();
 Function: Read-only method that is guaranteed to return a value suitable
           for correctly sorting this kind of position amongst other positions
           of the same kind on the same map. Note that sorting different kinds
           of position together is unlikely to give sane results.
 Returns : numeric
 Args    : none

  equals
 Title   : equals
 Usage   : if ($mappable->equals($mapable2)) {...}
 Function: Test if a position is equal to another position.
 Returns : boolean
 Args    : Bio::Map::PositionI

  less_than
 Title   : less_than
 Usage   : if ($mappable->less_than($m2)) {...}
 Function: Tests if a position is less than another position
           It is assumed that 2 positions are in the same map.
 Returns : boolean
 Args    : Bio::Map::PositionI

  greater_than
 Title   : greater_than
 Usage   : if ($mappable->greater_than($m2)) {...}
 Function: Tests if position is greater than another position.
           It is assumed that 2 positions are in the same map.
 Returns : boolean
 Args    : Bio::Map::PositionI