NAME

       Bio::Graphics::RendererI - A renderer for the Bio::Graphics class that renders
       Bio::SeqFeature::CollectionI objects onto Bio::Graphics::Panels using configuration
       information provided by a Bio::Graphics::ConfiguratorI.

SYNOPSIS

        # Get a renderer somehow, called $renderer

        # create a new panel and render contents a feature collection onto it
        my $config = new ConfigIO( $config_file )->getConfig();
        my $features = $data_provider->getCollection();
        my ( $tracks_rendered, $panel ) = $renderer->render( $features, $prefs );

DESCRIPTION

       Renderer of Bio::SeqFeature::CollectionIs (collections of features) onto a
       Bio::Graphics::Panel using a Bio::Graphics::ConfiguratorI for general and track-specific
       rendering options.

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AUTHOR

       Paul Edlefsen <paul@systemsbiology.org>.

       Copyright (c) 2003 Institute for Systems Biology

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.  See DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.

APPENDIX

       The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.  Internal methods are
       usually preceded with a _

   render
        Title   : render
        Usage   : ( $rendered, $panel ) =
                      $renderer->render( $collection, $configurator [, $panel ] );
        Function: Renders the SeqFeatures in the given collection onto a
                  Bio::Graphics::Panel (if no panel is given, one will be
                  created), using the given Bio::Graphics::ConfiguratorI for general
                  and track-specific rendering options.
        Returns : In a scalar context returns the number of tracks rendered.
                  In a list context, returns a two-element list containing
                  the number of features rendered and the panel.
        Args    : A Bio::SeqFeature::CollectionI and a Bio::Graphics::ConfiguratorI
                  and optionally a Bio::Graphics::Panel.
        Status  : Public