Bio::F...ctoryI(3pm)

💖 Bio::Factory::LocationFactoryI 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation (that's the manual name, we're folding it in here, you're welcome ✨)

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✨ NAME ✨

Bio::Factory::LocationFactoryI — it's a factory interface, and what it does is generate locations from a string. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

# Do not use directly, see Bio::Factory::LocationFactory for example
use Bio::Factory::FTLocationFactory;
my $locfact = Bio::Factory::FTLocationFactory->new();
my $location = $locfact->from_string("1..200");
print $location->start(), " ", $location->end(), " ", $location->strand,"\n";

ok so real talk: do NOT use this directly, the code literally says so. go look at Bio::Factory::LocationFactory for a whole example. iykyk 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

it's an interface for Location Factories 🫶 and what do those do? they generate Bio::LocationI objects from a string. periodt.

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💌 FEEDBACK 💌

🌈 Mailing Lists

user feedback is literally integral to the evolution of this module and all the other Bioperl modules. so send your comments and suggestions, preferably to the Bioperl mailing list. your participation is much appreciated, fr fr 💖

bioperl-l@bioperl.org                  - General discussion
http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists  - About the mailing lists

🫶 Support

okay so please direct your usage questions and support issues to the mailing list:

bioperl-l@bioperl.org

and NOT to the module maintainer directly, bestie. the way that there are so many experienced and responsive experts on there who will look at your problem and address it quickly... iconic. 👑

also please include a thorough description of the problem, with code and data examples, if at all possible. give them the whole story, not just the cliffhanger 🙈

🐛 Reporting Bugs

report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system so we can keep track of the bugs and their resolution. bug reports can be submitted via the web:

https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl-live/issues

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👑 AUTHOR - Hilmar Lapp 👑

Email: hlapp at gmx.net — shoutout to the author, main character energy for real 🎀

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🎀 APPENDIX 🎀

the rest of the documentation goes into detail on each of the object methods. internal methods are usually preceded with a _ (the underscore is giving "don't touch, that's my business" 💀)

🌟 from_string

Title   : from_string
Usage   : $loc = $locfactory->from_string("100..200");
Function: Parses the given string and returns a Bio::LocationI implementing
          object representing the location encoded by the string.

          Different implementations may support different encodings. An
          example of a commonly used encoding is the Genbank feature table
          encoding of locations.
Example :
Returns : A Bio::LocationI implementing object.
Args    : A string.

so like, breaking it down for you: Title is from_string, Usage shows you $loc = $locfactory->from_string("100..200");, and the Function is that it parses the given string and returns a Bio::LocationI implementing object representing the location encoded by that string. ✨

and no, not every implementation is the same — different implementations may support different encodings. one example of a commonly used encoding is the Genbank feature table encoding of locations. that's the one you've probably met at a party already 🦋

• Example : (it's empty. the void. respect it 🙈)
• Returns : a Bio::LocationI implementing object 💖
• Args : a string 🌸

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ngl if you got this far you're a real one. go read Bio::Factory::LocationFactory and stop using this one directly, i'm begging 😭

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was from perl v5.32.1, dated 2021-08-15, and it lives under the title Bio::F...ctoryI(3pm) 🎀💜✨ bye ily, go slay some locations 🦋