Summary

Bio::SeqFeature::Gene::NC_Feature.pm - superclass for non-coding features

Package variables

Inherit

Bio::SeqFeature::Generic

Synopsis

Give standard usage here

Description

Describe the object here

Methods

Methods description

 Title   : is_coding
 Usage   : if ($feature->is_coding()) {
                     #do something
            }
 Function: Whether or not the feature codes for amino acid.
 Returns : FALSE
 Args    : none

 Title   : cds
 Usage   : $cds=$feature->cds();
 Function: get the coding sequence of this feature
 Returns : undef
 Args    : none

Methods code

sub new {

    my($class,@args) = @_;
    
    my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args);

    my ($is_coding) =
	$self->_rearrange([qw(IS_CODING)],@args);
    # default is non-coding
    $self->is_coding(defined($is_coding) ? $is_coding : 0);

    return $self;

}

sub is_coding {

    my $self = shift;

    return $self->{'is_coding'} = shift if @_;
    return $self->{'is_coding'};

}

sub cds {

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

}

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