NAME

       Bio::Seq::BaseSeqProcessor - Base implementation for a SequenceProcessor

SYNOPSIS

           # you need to derive your own processor from this one

DESCRIPTION

       This provides just a basic framework for implementations of
       Bio::Factory::SequenceProcessorI.

       Essentially what it does is support a parameter to new() to set sequence factory and
       source stream, and a next_seq() implementation that will use a queue to be filled by a
       class overriding process_seq().

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AUTHOR - Hilmar Lapp

       Email hlapp at gmx.net

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::Seq::BaseSeqProcessor->new();
        Function: Builds a new Bio::Seq::BaseSeqProcessor object
        Returns : an instance of Bio::Seq::BaseSeqProcessor
        Args    : Named parameters. Currently supported are
                    -seqfactory  the Bio::Factory::SequenceFactoryI object to use
                    -source_stream the Bio::Factory::SequenceStreamI object to
                                 which we are chained

Bio::Factory::SequenceProcessorI methods

   source_stream
        Title   : source_stream
        Usage   : $obj->source_stream($newval)
        Function: Get/set the source sequence stream for this sequence
                  processor.

        Example :
        Returns : A Bio::Factory::SequenceStreamI compliant object
        Args    : on set, new value (a Bio::Factory::SequenceStreamI compliant
                  object)

Bio::Factory::SequenceStreamI methods

   next_seq
        Title   : next_seq
        Usage   : $seq = stream->next_seq
        Function: Reads the next sequence object from the stream and returns it.

                  This implementation will obtain objects from the source
                  stream as necessary and pass them to process_seq() for
                  processing. This method will return the objects one at a
                  time that process_seq() returns.

        Returns : a Bio::Seq sequence object
        Args    : none

       See Bio::Factory::SequenceStreamI::next_seq

   write_seq
        Title   : write_seq
        Usage   : $stream->write_seq($seq)
        Function: Writes the result(s) of processing the sequence object into
                  the stream.

                  You need to override this method in order not to alter
                  (process) sequence objects before output.

        Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error. The method stops attempting
                  to write objects after the first error returned from the
                  source stream. Otherwise the return value is the value
                  returned from the source stream from writing the last
                  object resulting from processing the last sequence object
                  given as argument.

        Args    : Bio::SeqI object, or an array of such objects

   sequence_factory
        Title   : sequence_factory
        Usage   : $seqio->sequence_factory($seqfactory)
        Function: Get the Bio::Factory::SequenceFactoryI
        Returns : Bio::Factory::SequenceFactoryI
        Args    : none

   object_factory
        Title   : object_factory
        Usage   : $obj->object_factory($newval)
        Function: This is an alias to sequence_factory with a more generic name.
        Example :
        Returns : a L<Bio::Factory::ObjectFactoryI> compliant object
        Args    : on set, new value (a L<Bio::Factory::ObjectFactoryI>
                  compliant object or undef, optional)

   close
        Title   : close
        Usage   :
        Function: Closes the stream. We override this here in order to cascade
                  to the source stream.
        Example :
        Returns :
        Args    : none

To be overridden by a derived class

   process_seq
        Title   : process_seq
        Usage   :
        Function: This is the method that is supposed to do the actual
                  processing. It needs to be overridden to do what you want
                  it to do.

                  Generally, you do not have to override or implement any other
                  method to derive your own sequence processor.

                  The implementation provided here just returns the unaltered
                  input sequence and hence is not very useful other than
                  serving as a neutral default processor.

        Example :
        Returns : An array of zero or more Bio::PrimarySeqI (or derived
                  interface) compliant object as the result of processing the
                  input sequence.
        Args    : A Bio::PrimarySeqI (or derived interface) compliant object
                  to be processed.