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program_name

 Title   : program_name
 Usage   : $factory->program_name()
 Function: holds the program name
 Returns:  string
 Args    : None

executable

 Title   : executable
 Usage   : my $exe = $blastfactory->executable('blastall');
 Function: Finds the full path to the 'codeml' executable
 Returns : string representing the full path to the exe
 Args    : [optional] name of executable to set path to
           [optional] boolean flag whether or not warn when exe is not found

program_path

 Title   : program_path
 Usage   : my $path = $factory->program_path();
 Function: Builds path for executable
 Returns : string representing the full path to the exe
 Args    : none

program_dir

 Title   : program_dir
 Usage   : $factory->program_dir(@params)
 Function: returns the program directory, obtained from ENV variable.
 Returns:  string
 Args    :

error_string

 Title   : error_string
 Usage   : $obj->error_string($newval)
 Function: Where the output from the last analysis run is stored.
 Returns : value of error_string
 Args    : newvalue (optional)

version

 Title   : version
 Usage   : exit if $prog->version() < 1.8
 Function: Determine the version number of the program
 Example :
 Returns : float or undef
 Args    : none

run

 Title   : run
 Usage   : my $output = $application->run(\@seqs);
 Function: Generic run of an application
 Returns : Bio::SimpleAlign object
 Args    : array ref of Bio::PrimarySeqI objects OR
           filename of sequences to run with

align

 Title   : align
 Usage   :
    $inputfilename = 't/data/cysprot.fa';
    $aln = $factory->align($inputfilename);
or
    $seq_array_ref = \@seq_array;
    # @seq_array is an array of Seq objs
    $aln = $factory->align($seq_array_ref);
 Function: Perform a multiple sequence alignment
 Returns : Reference to a SimpleAlign object containing the
           sequence alignment.
 Args    : Name of a file containing a set of unaligned fasta sequences
           or else an array of references to Bio::Seq objects.
 Throws an exception if argument is not either a string (eg a
 filename) or a reference to an array of Bio::Seq objects.  If
 argument is string, throws exception if file corresponding to string
 name can not be found. If argument is Bio::Seq array, throws
 exception if less than two sequence objects are in array.

_run

 Title   :  _run
 Usage   :  Internal function, not to be called directly
 Function:  makes actual system call to tcoffee program
 Example :
 Returns : nothing; tcoffee output is written to a
           temporary file OR specified output file
 Args    : Name of a file containing a set of unaligned fasta sequences
           and hash of parameters to be passed to tcoffee

_setinput

 Title   :  _setinput
 Usage   :  Internal function, not to be called directly
 Function:  Create input file for mafft programs
 Example :
 Returns : name of file containing mafft data input
 Args    : Seq or Align object reference or input file name

_setparams

 Title   :  _setparams
 Usage   :  Internal function, not to be called directly
 Function:  Create parameter inputs for mafft program
 Example :
 Returns : parameter string to be passed to mafft program
 Args    : name of calling object

methods

 Title   : methods
 Usage   : my @methods = $self->methods()
 Function: Get/Set Alignment methods - NOT VALIDATED
 Returns : array of strings
 Args    : arrayref of strings

_version6

 Title   : _version6
 Usage   : Internal function, not to be called directly
 Function: Check if the version of MAFFT is 6
 Example :
 Returns : Boolean
 Args    : None

no_param_checks

 Title   : no_param_checks
 Usage   : $obj->no_param_checks($newval)
 Function: Boolean flag as to whether or not we should
           trust the sanity checks for parameter values
 Returns : value of no_param_checks
 Args    : newvalue (optional)

save_tempfiles

 Title   : save_tempfiles
 Usage   : $obj->save_tempfiles($newval)
 Function:
 Returns : value of save_tempfiles
 Args    : newvalue (optional)

outfile_name

 Title   : outfile_name
 Usage   : my $outfile = $mafft->outfile_name();
 Function: Get/Set the name of the output file for this run
           (if you wanted to do something special)
 Returns : string
 Args    : [optional] string to set value to

tempdir

 Title   : tempdir
 Usage   : my $tmpdir = $self->tempdir();
 Function: Retrieve a temporary directory name (which is created)
 Returns : string which is the name of the temporary directory
 Args    : none

cleanup

 Title   : cleanup
 Usage   : $mafft->cleanup();
 Function: Will cleanup the tempdir directory
 Returns : none
 Args    : none

io

 Title   : io
 Usage   : $obj->io($newval)
 Function:  Gets a L<Bio::Root::IO> object
 Returns : L<Bio::Root::IO>
 Args    : none