class Bio::GFF::GFF3::Record

Represents a single line of a GFF3-formatted file. See Bio::GFF::GFF3 for more information.

Public Class Methods

new(*arg) click to toggle source

Creates a Bio::GFF::GFF3::Record object. Is typically not called directly, but is called automatically when creating a Bio::GFF::GFF3 object.

Arguments:

str: a tab-delimited line in GFF3 format

Arguments:

seqid: sequence ID (String or nil)
source: source (String or nil)
feature_type: type of feature (String)
start_position: start (Integer)
end_position: end (Integer)
score: score (Float or nil)
strand: strand (String or nil)
phase: phase (Integer or nil)
attributes: attributes (Array or nil)

Calls superclass method Bio::GFF::GFF2::Record.new

# File lib/bio/db/gff.rb, line 1156
def initialize(*arg)
  super(*arg)
end

parse(str) click to toggle source

Parses a GFF3-formatted line and returns a new Bio::GFF::GFF3::Record object.

# File lib/bio/db/gff.rb, line 1135
def self.parse(str)
  self.new.parse(str)
end

Public Instance Methods

id() click to toggle source

shortcut to the ID attribute

# File lib/bio/db/gff.rb, line 1109
def id
  get_attribute('ID')
end

id=(str) click to toggle source

set ID attribute

# File lib/bio/db/gff.rb, line 1114
def id=(str)
  set_attribute('ID', str)
end

parse(string) click to toggle source

Parses a GFF3-formatted line and stores data from the string. Note that all existing data is wiped out.

Calls superclass method Bio::GFF::GFF2::Record.parse

# File lib/bio/db/gff.rb, line 1162
def parse(string)
  super
end

to_s() click to toggle source

Return the record as a GFF3 compatible string

# File lib/bio/db/gff.rb, line 1167
def to_s
  cmnt = if defined?(@comment) and @comment and
             !@comment.to_s.strip.empty? then
           @comment.gsub(/[\r\n]+/, ' ')
         else
           false
         end
  return "\##{cmnt}\n" if self.comment_only? and cmnt
  [
   escape_seqid(column_to_s(@seqname)),
   escape(column_to_s(@source)),
   escape(column_to_s(@feature)),
   escape(column_to_s(@start)),
   escape(column_to_s(@end)),
   escape(column_to_s(@score)),
   escape(column_to_s(@strand)),
   escape(column_to_s(@frame)),
   attributes_to_s(@attributes)
  ].join("\t") + 
    (cmnt ? "\t\##{cmnt}\n" : "\n")
end