libbpp-seq-dev 2.1.0-1 / usr / include / Bpp / Seq / Io / MaseTools.h

//
// File: MaseTools.h
// Created by: Julien Dutheil
// Created on: Tue Apr  1 09:16:59 2003
//

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#ifndef _MASETOOLS_H_
#define _MASETOOLS_H_

#include "../Container/SequenceContainer.h"
#include "../Container/OrderedSequenceContainer.h"
#include "../Container/SequenceContainerTools.h"
#include "../Container/SiteContainer.h"
#include "../Container/SiteContainerTools.h"
#include <Bpp/Exceptions.h>

namespace bpp
{

/**
 * @brief Utilitary methods that deal with the Mase format.
 *
 * This class particularily covers the Mase+ format, which allows
 * site and sequence selection.
 * Mase+ tags are in the header of the mase file, which is stored
 * in the 'general comment' section of sequence containers.
 * Most of the methods here hence work on the general comments associated
 * to a container.
 */
class MaseTools
{
	public:
    
    /**
     * @brief Get a site selection from a Mase+ header file.
     *
     * @param maseFileHeader The header of the mase+ file as comments lines.
     * @param setName        The name of the set to retrieve.
     * @throw IOException If the specified set is not found.
     */
		static SiteSelection getSiteSet(const Comments& maseFileHeader, const std::string& setName) throw (IOException);

    /**
     * @brief Get a sequence selection from a Mase+ header file.
     *
     * @param maseFileHeader The header of the mase+ file as comments lines.
     * @param setName        The name of the set to retrieve.
     * @throw IOException If the specified set is not found.
     */
    static SequenceSelection getSequenceSet(const Comments& maseFileHeader, const std::string& setName) throw (IOException);

    /**
     * @brief Create a new container corresponding to a site set given in the mase+ format.
     *
     * A new VectorSiteContainer is created, whose destruction is up to the user.
     * The container passed as argument must have 'general comments' in the mase+ format.
     * This function calls the getSiteSet() function on the comments and then calls for
     * SiteContainerTools::getSelectedSites() on the selection.
     *
     * @param sequences The container to get the sites from.
     * @param setName   The name of the set to retrieve.
     * @throw IOException If the specified set is not found.
     */
    static SiteContainer* getSelectedSites(const SiteContainer& sequences, const std::string& setName) throw (IOException);

    /**
     * @brief Create a new container corresponding to a site set given in the mase+ format.
     *
     * A new VectorSequenceContainer is created, whose destruction is up to the user.
     * The container passed as argument must have 'general comments' in the mase+ format.
     * This function calls the getSequenceSet() function on the comments and then calls for
     * SiteContainerTools::getSelectedSequences() on the selection.
     *
     * @param sequences The container to get the sequence from.
     * @param setName   The name of the set to retrieve.
     * @throw IOException If the specified set is not found.
     */
    static SequenceContainer* getSelectedSequences(const OrderedSequenceContainer& sequences, const std::string & setName) throw (IOException);

    /**
     * @brief Get a list of all available site selections.
     *
     * @param maseHeader Comments as described in the Mase+ format specification.
     * @return A vector of selection names.
     */
    static std::map<std::string, size_t> getAvailableSiteSelections(const Comments & maseHeader);

    /**
     * @brief Get a list of all available sequences selections.
     *
     * @param maseHeader Comments as described in the Mase+ format specification.
     * @return A vector of selection names.
     */
		static std::map<std::string, size_t> getAvailableSequenceSelections(const Comments & maseHeader);

		/**
		 * @brief Get the phase of a given coding region from a mase+ header.
		 *
		 * Look for a /codon_start tag with a phase indice and a site selection with name setName.
		 *
		 * @param maseFileHeader Comments in Mase+ format.
		 * @param setName a cds site selection name.
		 * @return 1,2 or 3.
		 * @throw Exception If no corresponding tag found in file.
		 */
		static size_t getPhase(const Comments & maseFileHeader, const std::string &setName) throw (Exception);

};

} //end of namespace bpp.

#endif	//_MASETOOLS_H_