# $Id: PositionProxy.pm 16123 2009-09-17 12:57:27Z cjfields $
#
# BioPerl module for Bio::SeqFeature::PositionProxy
#
# Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org> 
#
# Cared for by Ewan Birney <birney@ebi.ac.uk>
#
# Copyright Ewan Birney
#
# You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself

# POD documentation - main docs before the code

=head1 NAME

Bio::SeqFeature::PositionProxy - handle features when truncation/revcom sequences span a feature

=head1 SYNOPSIS

   $proxy = Bio::SeqFeature::PositionProxy->new( -loc => $loc,
                                                 -parent => $basefeature);

   $seq->add_SeqFeature($feat);



=head1 DESCRIPTION

PositionProxy is a Proxy Sequence Feature to handle truncation
and revcomp without duplicating all the data within the sequence features.
It holds a new location for a sequence feature and the original feature
it came from to provide the additional annotation information.

=head1 FEEDBACK

=head2 Mailing Lists

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Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to one
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  bioperl-l@bioperl.org                  - General discussion
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=head2 Support 

Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:

I<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.

=head2 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:

  http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/

=head1 AUTHOR - Ewan Birney

Ewan Birney E<lt>birney@sanger.ac.ukE<gt>

=head1 DEVELOPERS

This class has been written with an eye out of inheritence. The fields
the actual object hash are:

   _gsf_tag_hash  = reference to a hash for the tags
   _gsf_sub_array = reference to an array for sub arrays
   _gsf_start     = scalar of the start point
   _gsf_end       = scalar of the end point
   _gsf_strand    = scalar of the strand

=head1 APPENDIX

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

=cut


# Let the code begin...


package Bio::SeqFeature::PositionProxy;
use strict;

use Bio::Tools::GFF;


use base qw(Bio::Root::Root Bio::SeqFeatureI);

sub new {
    my ($caller, @args) = @_;
    my $self = $caller->SUPER::new(@args);

    my ($feature,$location) = $self->_rearrange([qw(PARENT LOC)],@args);

    if( !defined $feature || !ref $feature || !$feature->isa('Bio::SeqFeatureI') ) {
      $self->throw("Must have a parent feature, not a [$feature]");
    }

    if( $feature->isa("Bio::SeqFeature::PositionProxy") ) {
      $feature = $feature->parent();
    }

    if( !defined $location || !ref $location || !$location->isa('Bio::LocationI') ) {
      $self->throw("Must have a location, not a [$location]");
    }


    return $self;
}


=head2 location

 Title   : location
 Usage   : my $location = $seqfeature->location()
 Function: returns a location object suitable for identifying location 
	   of feature on sequence or parent feature  
 Returns : Bio::LocationI object
 Args    : none


=cut

sub location {
    my($self, $value ) = @_;  

    if (defined($value)) {
        unless (ref($value) and $value->isa('Bio::LocationI')) {
	    $self->throw("object $value pretends to be a location but ".
			 "does not implement Bio::LocationI");
        }
        $self->{'_location'} = $value;
    }
    elsif (! $self->{'_location'}) {
        # guarantees a real location object is returned every time
        $self->{'_location'} = Bio::Location::Simple->new();
    }
    return $self->{'_location'};
}


=head2 parent

 Title   : parent
 Usage   : my $sf = $proxy->parent()
 Function: returns the seqfeature parent of this proxy
 Returns : Bio::SeqFeatureI object
 Args    : none


=cut

sub parent {
    my($self, $value ) = @_;  

    if (defined($value)) {
        unless (ref($value) and $value->isa('Bio::SeqFeatureI')) {
	    $self->throw("object $value pretends to be a location but ".
			 "does not implement Bio::SeqFeatureI");
        }
        $self->{'_parent'} = $value;
    }

    return $self->{'_parent'};
}



=head2 start

 Title   : start
 Usage   : $start = $feat->start
           $feat->start(20)
 Function: Get
 Returns : integer
 Args    : none


=cut

sub start {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   return $self->location->start($value);
}

=head2 end

 Title   : end
 Usage   : $end = $feat->end
           $feat->end($end)
 Function: get
 Returns : integer
 Args    : none


=cut

sub end {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   return $self->location->end($value);
}

=head2 length

 Title   : length
 Usage   :
 Function:
 Example :
 Returns :
 Args    :


=cut

sub length {
   my ($self) = @_;
   return $self->end - $self->start() + 1;
}

=head2 strand

 Title   : strand
 Usage   : $strand = $feat->strand()
           $feat->strand($strand)
 Function: get/set on strand information, being 1,-1 or 0
 Returns : -1,1 or 0
 Args    : none


=cut

sub strand {
   my ($self,$value) = @_;
   return $self->location->strand($value);
}


=head2 attach_seq

 Title   : attach_seq
 Usage   : $sf->attach_seq($seq)
 Function: Attaches a Bio::Seq object to this feature. This
           Bio::Seq object is for the *entire* sequence: ie
           from 1 to 10000
 Example :
 Returns : TRUE on success
 Args    :


=cut

sub attach_seq {
   my ($self, $seq) = @_;

   if ( !defined $seq || !ref $seq || ! $seq->isa("Bio::PrimarySeqI") ) {
       $self->throw("Must attach Bio::PrimarySeqI objects to SeqFeatures");
   }

   $self->{'_gsf_seq'} = $seq;

   # attach to sub features if they want it

   foreach my $sf ( $self->sub_SeqFeature() ) {
       if ( $sf->can("attach_seq") ) {
	   $sf->attach_seq($seq);
       }
   }
   return 1;
}

=head2 seq

 Title   : seq
 Usage   : $tseq = $sf->seq()
 Function: returns the truncated sequence (if there) for this
 Example :
 Returns : sub seq on attached sequence bounded by start & end
 Args    : none


=cut

sub seq {
   my ($self, $arg) = @_;

   if ( defined $arg ) {
       $self->throw("Calling SeqFeature::PositionProxy->seq with an argument. You probably want attach_seq");
   }

   if ( ! exists $self->{'_gsf_seq'} ) {
       return;
   }

   # assumming our seq object is sensible, it should not have to yank
   # the entire sequence out here.

   my $seq = $self->{'_gsf_seq'}->trunc($self->start(), $self->end());


   if ( $self->strand == -1 ) {
       $seq = $seq->revcom;
   }

   return $seq;
}

=head2 entire_seq

 Title   : entire_seq
 Usage   : $whole_seq = $sf->entire_seq()
 Function: gives the entire sequence that this seqfeature is attached to
 Example :
 Returns :
 Args    :


=cut

sub entire_seq {
   my ($self) = @_;

   return unless exists($self->{'_gsf_seq'});
   return $self->{'_gsf_seq'};
}


=head2 seqname

 Title   : seqname
 Usage   : $obj->seq_id($newval)
 Function: There are many cases when you make a feature that you
           do know the sequence name, but do not know its actual
           sequence. This is an attribute such that you can store
           the seqname.

           This attribute should *not* be used in GFF dumping, as
           that should come from the collection in which the seq
           feature was found.
 Returns : value of seqname
 Args    : newvalue (optional)


=cut

sub seqname {
    my ($obj,$value) = @_;
    if ( defined $value ) {
	$obj->{'_gsf_seqname'} = $value;
    }
    return $obj->{'_gsf_seqname'};
}



=head2 Proxies

These functions chain back to the parent for all non sequence related stuff.


=cut

=head2 primary_tag

 Title   : primary_tag
 Usage   : $tag = $feat->primary_tag()
 Function: Returns the primary tag for a feature,
           eg 'exon'
 Returns : a string 
 Args    : none


=cut

sub primary_tag{
   my ($self,@args) = @_;

   return $self->parent->primary_tag();
}

=head2 source_tag

 Title   : source_tag
 Usage   : $tag = $feat->source_tag()
 Function: Returns the source tag for a feature,
           eg, 'genscan' 
 Returns : a string 
 Args    : none


=cut

sub source_tag{
   my ($self) = @_;

   return $self->parent->source_tag();
}


=head2 has_tag

 Title   : has_tag
 Usage   : $tag_exists = $self->has_tag('some_tag')
 Function: 
 Returns : TRUE if the specified tag exists, and FALSE otherwise
 Args    :


=cut

sub has_tag{
   my ($self,$tag) = @_;

   return $self->parent->has_tag($tag);
}

=head2 each_tag_value

 Title   : each_tag_value
 Usage   : @values = $self->each_tag_value('some_tag')
 Function: 
 Returns : An array comprising the values of the specified tag.
 Args    :


=cut

sub each_tag_value {
   my ($self,$tag) = @_;

   return $self->parent->each_tag_value($tag);
}

=head2 all_tags

 Title   : all_tags
 Usage   : @tags = $feat->all_tags()
 Function: gives all tags for this feature
 Returns : an array of strings
 Args    : none


=cut

sub all_tags{
   my ($self) = @_;

   return $self->parent->all_tags();
}

1;
