Bio::Map::PositionHandler(3)

NAME
Bio::Map::PositionHandler - A Position Handler Implementation

SYNOPSIS
    # This is used by modules when they want to implement being a
    # Position or being something that has Positions (when they are
    # a L<Bio::Map::EntityI>)

    # Make a PositionHandler that knows about you
    my $ph = Bio::Map::PositionHandler->new($self);

    # Register with it so that it handles your Position-related needs
    $ph->register;

    # If you are a position, get/set the map you are on and the marker you are
    # for
    $ph->map($map);
    $ph->element($marker);
    my $map = $ph->map;
    my $marker = $ph->element;

    # If you are a marker, add a new position to yourself
    $ph->add_positions($pos);

    # And then get all your positions on a particular map
    foreach my $pos ($ph->get_positions($map)) {
        # do something with this Bio::Map::PositionI
    }

    # Or find out what maps you exist on
    my @maps = $ph->get_other_entities;

    # The same applies if you were a map

DESCRIPTION
A Position Handler copes with the coordination of different Bio::Map::EntityI objects, adding and removing them from each other and knowning who belongs to who. These relationships between objects are based around shared Positions, hence PositionHandler.

This PositionHandler is able to cope with Bio::Map::PositionI objects, Bio::Map::MappableI objects and Bio::Map::MapI objects.

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AUTHOR - Sendu Bala
Email bix@sendu.me.uk

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

  General methods

  new
 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $position_handler = Bio::Map::PositionHandler->new(-self => $self);
 Function: Get a Bio::Map::PositionHandler that knows who you are.
 Returns : Bio::Map::PositionHandler object
 Args    : -self => Bio::Map::EntityI that is you

  register
 Title   : register
 Usage   : $position_handler->register();
 Function: Ask this Position Handler to look after your entity relationships.
 Returns : n/a
 Args    : none

  index
 Title   : index
 Usage   : my $index = $position_handler->index();
 Function: Get the unique registry index for yourself, generated during the
           resistration process.
 Returns : int
 Args    : none

  get_entity
 Title   : get_entity
 Usage   : my $entity = $position_handler->get_entity($index);
 Function: Get the entity that corresponds to the supplied registry index.
 Returns : Bio::Map::EntityI object
 Args    : int

  Methods for Bio::Map::PositionI objects

  map
 Title   : map
 Usage   : my $map = $position_handler->map();
           $position_handler->map($map);
 Function: Get/Set the map you are on. You must be a Position.
 Returns : L<Bio::Map::MapI>
 Args    : none to get, OR
           new L<Bio::Map::MapI> to set

  element
 Title   : element
 Usage   : my $element = $position_handler->element();
           $position_handler->element($element);
 Function: Get/Set the map element you are for. You must be a Position.
 Returns : L<Bio::Map::MappableI>
 Args    : none to get, OR
           new L<Bio::Map::MappableI> to set

  Methods for all other Bio::Map::EntityI objects

  add_positions
 Title   : add_positions
 Usage   : $position_handler->add_positions($pos1, $pos2, ...);
 Function: Add some positions to yourself. You can't be a position.
 Returns : n/a
 Args    : Array of Bio::Map::PositionI objects

  get_positions
 Title   : get_positions
 Usage   : my @positions = $position_handler->get_positions();
 Function: Get all your positions. You can't be a Position.
 Returns : Array of Bio::Map::PositionI objects
 Args    : none for all, OR
           Bio::Map::EntityI object to limit the Positions to those that
           are shared by you and this other entity.

  purge_positions
 Title   : purge_positions
 Usage   : $position_handler->purge_positions();
 Function: Remove all positions from yourself. You can't be a Position.
 Returns : n/a
 Args    : none to remove all, OR
           Bio::Map::PositionI object to remove only that entity, OR
           Bio::Map::EntityI object to limit the removal to those Positions that
           are shared by you and this other entity.

  get_other_entities
 Title   : get_other_entities
 Usage   : my @entities = $position_handler->get_other_entities();
 Function: Get all the entities that share your Positions. You can't be a
           Position.
 Returns : Array of Bio::Map::EntityI objects
 Args    : none