ExonTranscript.pm

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=head1 NAME
 
Bio::EnsEMBL::ExonTranscript - An Exon feature in relation to a transcript
 
=head1 SYNOPSIS
 
  use Bio::EnsEMBL::ExonTranscript;
 
  $feature = Bio::EnsEMBL::ExonTranscript->new(-exon => $exon, -transcript => $transcript);
 
=head1 DESCRIPTION
 
This is a feature which extends the Exon class to add
the relation to a specific transcript.
 
=head1 METHODS
 
=cut
 
use strict;
 
package Bio::EnsEMBL::ExonTranscript;
 
use vars qw(@ISA);
 
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Exon;
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Argument qw(rearrange);
use Scalar::Util qw(weaken isweak);
 
@ISA = qw(Bio::EnsEMBL::Exon);
 
 
=head2 new
 
  Arg [Exon]: The Exon object
  Arg [Transcript]: The Transcript object the exon belongs to
  Example    : $feature = Bio::EnsEMBL::ExonTranscript->new(-exon => $exon, -transcript => $transcript);
  Description: Constructs a new Bio::EnsEMBL::ExonTranscript.
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::ExonTranscript
  Exceptions : Thrown on invalid -SLICE, -STRAND arguments
  Caller     : general, subclass constructors
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub new {
  my $caller = shift;
 
  #allow this to be called as class or object method
  my $class = ref($caller) || $caller;
  my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@_);
 
  my ($exon, $transcript, $rank) = rearrange(['EXON','TRANSCRIPT', 'RANK'],@_);
 
  $self->{'exon'} = $exon;
  $self->{'transcript'} = $transcript;
  $self->{'rank'} = $rank;
 
  foreach my $attribute (keys %$exon) {
    $self->{$attribute} = $exon->{$attribute};
  }
 
  return $self;
}
 
 
=head2 exon
 
  Arg [1]    : (optional) Bio::EnsEMBL::Exon
  Example    : $exon = $exon_transcript->exon();
  Description: Getter/Setter for the exon forming this
               ExonTranscript.
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::Exon
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub exon {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->{'exon'} = shift if(@_);
  return $self->{'exon'};
}
 
 
=head2 transcript
 
  Arg [1]    : (optional) Bio::EnsEMBL::Transcript
  Example    : print $utr->type();
  Description: Getter/Setter for the parent transcript
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::Transcript
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub transcript {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->{'transcript'} = shift if( @_ );
  return ( $self->{'transcript'} );
}
 
=head2 translation
 
    Description: Fetch the translation associated with
                 this transcript, if it exists. Return undef
                 if there is no translation, ie. a pseudogene
    Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::Translation or undef
    Caller     : general
    Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub translation {
    my $self = shift;
    return $self->transcript()->translation();
}
 
=head2 get_Gene
 
  Description: Get the gene associated with the ExonTranscript,
               if a transcript has been set
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::Gene or undef
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub get_Gene {
    my $self = shift;
 
    if($self->{'transcript'}) {
    return $self->{'transcript'}->get_Gene();
    }
 
    return;
}
 
=head2 rank
 
  Example    : print $et->rank();
  Description: Getter/Setter for the exon rank
  Returntype : String
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub rank {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->{'rank'} = shift if( @_ );
  return ( $self->{'rank'} );
}
 
 
=head2 summary_as_hash
 
  Example    : my $hash = $utr->summary_as_hash();
  Description: Generates a HashRef compatible with GFFSerializer. Adds
               rank and transcript attributes to the basic Feature
               hash
  Returntype : Hash
  Exceptions : none
  Caller     : general
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub summary_as_hash {
  my ($self) = @_;
  my $hash = $self->SUPER::summary_as_hash();
  $hash->{'rank'} = $self->rank() if $self->rank();
  $hash->{'Parent'} = $self->transcript->display_id() if $self->transcript();
  $hash->{'source'} = $self->transcript->source() if $self->transcript();
  return $hash;
}
 
 
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