use Bio::Tools::Est2Genome;

  my $featureiter = new Bio::Tools::Est2Genome(-file => 'output.est2genome');

  # This is going to be fixed to use the SeqAnalysisI next_feature
  # Method eventually when we have the objects to put the data in
  # properly
  while( my $f = $featureiter->parse_next_gene ) {
   # process Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects here
  }

    my($self,@args) = @_;

    # call the inherited method first
    my $make = $self->SUPER::_initialize_state(@args);

    my ($genome_is_first) = $self->_rearrange([qw(GENOMEFIRST)], @args);

    delete($self->{'_genome_is_first'});
    $self->{'_genome_is_first'} = $genome_is_first if(defined($genome_is_first));
    $self->analysis_method("est2genome");

#-------------
    my ($self, $method) = @_;
    if($method && ($method !~ /est2genome/i)) {
	$self->throw("method $method not supported in " . ref($self));
    }
    return $self->SUPER::analysis_method($method);

   my ($self) = @_;
   my $seensegment = 0;
   my @features;
   my ($qstrand,$hstrand) = (1,1);
   my $lasthseqname;
   while( defined($_ = $self->_readline) ) {
       if( /Note Best alignment is between (reversed|forward) est and (reversed|forward) genome, (but|and) splice\s+sites imply\s+(forward gene|REVERSED GENE)/) {
	   if( $seensegment ) {
	       $self->_pushback($_);
	       return wantarray ? @features :\@ features;
	   }
	   $hstrand = -1 if $1 eq 'reversed';
	   $qstrand = -1 if $4 eq 'REVERSED GENE';
	   $self->debug( "1=$1, 2=$2, 4=$4\n");
       }
       elsif( /^Exon/ ) {
	   my ($name,$len,$score,$qstart,$qend,$qseqname,
	       $hstart,$hend, $hseqname) = split;
	   $lasthseqname = $hseqname;
	   my $query = new Bio::SeqFeature::Similarity(-primary => $name,
						       -source  => $self->analysis_method,
						       -seq_id => $qseqname, # FIXME WHEN WE REDO THE GENERIC NAME CHANGE
						       -start   => $qstart,
						       -end     => $qend,
						       -strand  => $qstrand,
						       -score   => $score,
						       -tag => {
#							   'Location' => "$hstart..$hend",
							   'Sequence' => "$hseqname",
							   }
						       );
	   my $hit = new Bio::SeqFeature::Similarity(-primary => 'exon_hit',
						     -source  => $self->analysis_method,
						     -seq_id => $hseqname,
						     -start   => $hstart,
						     -end     => $hend,
						     -strand  => $hstrand,
						     -score   => $score,
						     -tag => {
#							 'Location' => "$qstart..$qend",
							 'Sequence' => "$qseqname",
							
						     }
						     );
	   push @features, new Bio::SeqFeature::SimilarityPair
	       (-query => $query,
		-hit   => $hit,
		-source => $self->analysis_method);
       } elsif( /^([\-\+\?])(Intron)/) {
	   my ($name,$len,$score,$qstart,$qend,$qseqname) = split;
	   push @features, new Bio::SeqFeature::Generic(-primary => $2,
							-source => $self->analysis_method,
							-start => $qstart,
							-end   => $qend,
							-strand => $qstrand,
							-score  => $score,
							-seq_id => $qseqname,
							-tag => {
							    'Sequence' => $lasthseqname});
       } elsif( /^Span/ ) {
       } elsif( /^Segment/ ) {
	   $seensegment = 1;
       } elsif( /^\s+$/ ) { # do nothing
       } else {
	   $self->warn( "unknown line $_\n");
       }
   }
   return undef unless( @features );
   return wantarray ? @features :\@ features;

    my ($self) = shift;
    $self->throw("We haven't really done this right, yet, use parse_next_gene");

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 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $obj = new Bio::Tools::Est2Genome();
 Function: Builds a new Bio::Tools::Est2Genome object
 Returns : an instance of Bio::Tools::Est2Genome
 Args    : -file => 'output.est2genome' or
           -fh   => \*EST2GENOMEOUTPUT
           -genomefirst => 1  # genome was the first input (not standard)