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NAME
Bio::DB::Flat::BinarySearch - BinarySearch search indexing system for sequence files
SYNOPSIS
TODO: SYNOPSIS NEEDED!
DESCRIPTION
This module can be used both to index sequence files and also to retrieve sequences from
existing sequence files.
This object allows indexing of sequence files both by a primary key (say accession) and
multiple secondary keys (say ids). This is different from the Bio::Index::Abstract (see
Bio::Index::Abstract) which uses DBM files as storage. This module uses a binary search
to retrieve sequences which is more efficient for large datasets.
Index creation
my $sequencefile; # Some fasta sequence file
Patterns have to be entered to define where the keys are to be indexed and also where the
start of each record. E.g. for fasta
my $start_pattern = '^>';
my $primary_pattern = '^>(\S+)';
So the start of a record is a line starting with a > and the primary key is all characters
up to the first space after the >
A string also has to be entered to defined what the primary key (primary_namespace) is
called.
The index can now be created using
my $index = Bio::DB::Flat::BinarySearch->new(
-directory => "/home/max/",
-dbname => "mydb",
-start_pattern => $start_pattern,
-primary_pattern => $primary_pattern,
-primary_namespace => "ID",
-format => "fasta" );
my @files = ("file1","file2","file3");
$index->build_index(@files);
The index is now ready to use. For large sequence files the perl way of indexing takes a
*long* time and a *huge* amount of memory. For indexing things like dbEST I recommend
using the DB_File indexer, BDB.
The formats currently supported by this module are fasta, Swissprot, and EMBL.
Creating indices with secondary keys
Sometimes just indexing files with one id per entry is not enough. For instance you may
want to retrieve sequences from swissprot using their accessions as well as their ids.
To be able to do this when creating your index you need to pass in a hash of
secondary_patterns which have their namespaces as the keys to the hash.
e.g. For Indexing something like
ID 1433_CAEEL STANDARD; PRT; 248 AA. AC P41932; DT 01-NOV-1995 (Rel. 32,
Created) DT 01-NOV-1995 (Rel. 32, Last sequence update) DT 15-DEC-1998 (Rel. 37, Last
annotation update) DE 14-3-3-LIKE PROTEIN 1. GN FTT-1 OR M117.2. OS Caenorhabditis
elegans. OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Rhabditida; Rhabditoidea; OC
Rhabditidae; Peloderinae; Caenorhabditis. OX NCBI_TaxID=6239; RN [1]
where we want to index the accession (P41932) as the primary key and the id (1433_CAEEL)
as the secondary id. The index is created as follows
my %secondary_patterns;
my $start_pattern = '^ID (\S+)';
my $primary_pattern = '^AC (\S+)\;';
$secondary_patterns{"ID"} = '^ID (\S+)';
my $index = Bio::DB::Flat::BinarySearch->new(
-directory => $index_directory,
-dbname => "ppp",
-write_flag => 1,
-verbose => 1,
-start_pattern => $start_pattern,
-primary_pattern => $primary_pattern,
-primary_namespace => 'AC',
-secondary_patterns => \%secondary_patterns);
$index->build_index($seqfile);
Of course having secondary indices makes indexing slower and use more memory.
Index reading
To fetch sequences using an existing index first of all create your sequence object
my $index = Bio::DB::Flat::BinarySearch->new(
-directory => $index_directory);
Now you can happily fetch sequences either by the primary key or by the secondary keys.
my $entry = $index->get_entry_by_id('HBA_HUMAN');
This returns just a string containing the whole entry. This is useful is you just want to
print the sequence to screen or write it to a file.
Other ways of getting sequences are
my $fh = $index->get_stream_by_id('HBA_HUMAN');
This can then be passed to a seqio object for output or converting into objects.
my $seq = Bio::SeqIO->new(-fh => $fh,
-format => 'fasta');
The last way is to retrieve a sequence directly. This is the slowest way of extracting as
the sequence objects need to be made.
my $seq = $index->get_Seq_by_id('HBA_HUMAN');
To access the secondary indices the secondary namespace needs to be known
$index->secondary_namespaces("ID");
Then the following call can be used
my $seq = $index->get_Seq_by_secondary('ID','1433_CAEEL');
These calls are not yet implemented
my $fh = $index->get_stream_by_secondary('ID','1433_CAEEL');
my $entry = $index->get_entry_by_secondary('ID','1433_CAEEL');
FEEDBACK
Mailing Lists
User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send
your comments and suggestions preferably to one of the Bioperl mailing lists. Your
participation is much appreciated.
bioperl-l@bioperl.org - General discussion
http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists - About the mailing lists
Support
Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:
bioperl-l@bioperl.org
rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will
be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description
of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their
resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:
https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live/issues
AUTHOR - Michele Clamp
Email - michele@sanger.ac.uk
CONTRIBUTORS
Jason Stajich, jason@bioperl.org
APPENDIX
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are
usually preceded with an "_" (underscore).
new
Title : new
Usage : For reading
my $index = Bio::DB::Flat::BinarySearch->new(
-directory => '/Users/michele/indices/dbest',
-dbname => 'mydb',
-format => 'fasta');
For writing
my %secondary_patterns = {"ACC" => "^>\\S+ +(\\S+)"}
my $index = Bio::DB::Flat::BinarySearch->new(
-directory => '/Users/michele/indices',
-dbname => 'mydb',
-primary_pattern => "^>(\\S+)",
-secondary_patterns => \%secondary_patterns,
-primary_namespace => "ID");
my @files = ('file1','file2','file3');
$index->build_index(@files);
Function: create a new Bio::DB::Flat::BinarySearch object
Returns : new Bio::DB::Flat::BinarySearch
Args : -directory Root directory for index files
-dbname Name of subdirectory containing indices
for named database
-write_flag Allow building index
-primary_pattern Regexp defining the primary id
-secondary_patterns A hash ref containing the secondary
patterns with the namespaces as keys
-primary_namespace A string defining what the primary key
is
Status : Public
get_Seq_by_id
Title : get_Seq_by_id
Usage : $obj->get_Seq_by_id($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of get_Seq_by_id
Args : newvalue (optional)
get_entry_by_id
Title : get_entry_by_id
Usage : $obj->get_entry_by_id($newval)
Function: Get a Bio::SeqI object for a unique ID
Returns : Bio::SeqI
Args : string
get_stream_by_id
Title : get_stream_by_id
Usage : $obj->get_stream_by_id($id)
Function: Gets a Sequence stream for an id
Returns : Bio::SeqIO stream
Args : Id to lookup by
get_Seq_by_acc
Title : get_Seq_by_acc
Usage : $obj->get_Seq_by_acc($acc)
Function: Gets a Bio::SeqI object by accession number
Returns : Bio::SeqI object
Args : string representing accession number
get_Seq_by_version
Title : get_Seq_by_version
Usage : $obj->get_Seq_by_version($version)
Function: Gets a Bio::SeqI object by accession.version number
Returns : Bio::SeqI object
Args : string representing accession.version number
get_Seq_by_secondary
Title : get_Seq_by_secondary
Usage : $obj->get_Seq_by_secondary($namespace,$acc)
Function: Gets a Bio::SeqI object looking up secondary accessions
Returns : Bio::SeqI object
Args : namespace name to check secondary namespace and an id
read_header
Title : read_header
Usage : $obj->read_header($fhl)
Function: Reads the header from the db file
Returns : width of a record
Args : filehandle
read_record
Title : read_record
Usage : $obj->read_record($fh,$pos,$len)
Function: Reads a record from a filehandle
Returns : String
Args : filehandle, offset, and length
get_all_primary_ids
Title : get_all_primary_ids
Usage : @ids = $seqdb->get_all_primary_ids()
Function: gives an array of all the primary_ids of the
sequence objects in the database.
Returns : an array of strings
Args : none
find_entry
Title : find_entry
Usage : $obj->find_entry($fh,$start,$end,$id,$recsize)
Function: Extract an entry based on the start,end,id and record size
Returns : string
Args : filehandle, start, end, id, recordsize
build_index
Title : build_index
Usage : $obj->build_index(@files)
Function: Build the index based on a set of files
Returns : count of the number of entries
Args : List of filenames
_index_file
Title : _index_file
Usage : $obj->_index_file($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of _index_file
Args : newvalue (optional)
write_primary_index
Title : write_primary_index
Usage : $obj->write_primary_index($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of write_primary_index
Args : newvalue (optional)
write_secondary_indices
Title : write_secondary_indices
Usage : $obj->write_secondary_indices($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of write_secondary_indices
Args : newvalue (optional)
new_secondary_filehandle
Title : new_secondary_filehandle
Usage : $obj->new_secondary_filehandle($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of new_secondary_filehandle
Args : newvalue (optional)
open_secondary_index
Title : open_secondary_index
Usage : $obj->open_secondary_index($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of open_secondary_index
Args : newvalue (optional)
_add_id_position
Title : _add_id_position
Usage : $obj->_add_id_position($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of _add_id_position
Args : newvalue (optional)
make_config_file
Title : make_config_file
Usage : $obj->make_config_file($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of make_config_file
Args : newvalue (optional)
read_config_file
Title : read_config_file
Usage : $obj->read_config_file($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of read_config_file
Args : newvalue (optional)
get_fileid_by_filename
Title : get_fileid_by_filename
Usage : $obj->get_fileid_by_filename($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of get_fileid_by_filename
Args : newvalue (optional)
get_filehandle_by_fileid
Title : get_filehandle_by_fileid
Usage : $obj->get_filehandle_by_fileid($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of get_filehandle_by_fileid
Args : newvalue (optional)
primary_index_file
Title : primary_index_file
Usage : $obj->primary_index_file($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of primary_index_file
Args : newvalue (optional)
primary_index_filehandle
Title : primary_index_filehandle
Usage : $obj->primary_index_filehandle($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of primary_index_filehandle
Args : newvalue (optional)
format
Title : format
Usage : $obj->format($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of format
Args : newvalue (optional)
write_flag
Title : write_flag
Usage : $obj->write_flag($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of write_flag
Args : newvalue (optional)
dbname
Title : dbname
Usage : $obj->dbname($newval)
Function: get/set database name
Example :
Returns : value of dbname
Args : newvalue (optional)
index_directory
Title : index_directory
Usage : $obj->index_directory($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of index_directory
Args : newvalue (optional)
record_size
Title : record_size
Usage : $obj->record_size($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of record_size
Args : newvalue (optional)
primary_namespace
Title : primary_namespace
Usage : $obj->primary_namespace($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of primary_namespace
Args : newvalue (optional)
index_type
Title : index_type
Usage : $obj->index_type($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of index_type
Args : newvalue (optional)
index_version
Title : index_version
Usage : $obj->index_version($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of index_version
Args : newvalue (optional)
primary_pattern
Title : primary_pattern
Usage : $obj->primary_pattern($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of primary_pattern
Args : newvalue (optional)
start_pattern
Title : start_pattern
Usage : $obj->start_pattern($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of start_pattern
Args : newvalue (optional)
secondary_patterns
Title : secondary_patterns
Usage : $obj->secondary_patterns($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of secondary_patterns
Args : newvalue (optional)
secondary_namespaces
Title : secondary_namespaces
Usage : $obj->secondary_namespaces($newval)
Function:
Example :
Returns : value of secondary_namespaces
Args : newvalue (optional)