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diff --git a/biology/p5-Bio-FeatureIO/pkg-descr b/biology/p5-Bio-FeatureIO/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dbeef47cb191 --- /dev/null +++ b/biology/p5-Bio-FeatureIO/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Bio::FeatureIO is an iterator subsystem for genomic sequence features. + +Bio::FeatureIO is a handler module for the formats in the FeatureIO set (eg, +Bio::FeatureIO::GFF). It is the officially sanctioned way of getting at the +format objects, which most people should use. + +The Bio::FeatureIO system can be thought of like biological file handles. They +are attached to filehandles with smart formatting rules (eg, GFF format, or BED +format) and can either read or write feature objects (Bio::SeqFeature objects, +or more correctly, Bio::FeatureHolderI implementing objects, of which +Bio::SeqFeature is one such object). If you want to know what to do with a +Bio::SeqFeatureI object, read Bio::SeqFeatureI. + +The idea is that you request a stream object for a particular format. All the +stream objects have a notion of an internal file that is read from or written +to. A particular FeatureIO object instance is configured for either input or +output. A specific example of a stream object is the Bio::FeatureIO::gff object. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Bio-FeatureIO/ |