[Bioperl-l] new GFF3 support methods added

[Chris Mungall]

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Hilmar Lapp wrote:

>
> On Monday, March 8, 2004, at 01:07  PM, Chris Mungall wrote:
>
> > Perhaps it would be better to have a Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::IDHandler
> > class? This would contain methods
> >
> >   generate_unique_persistent_id($feat) # uses $feat->seq_id
> >   generate_unique_persistent_id($feat, $seq_id)
> >
> >   create_hierarchy_from_ParentIDs($featholder);
> >   set_ParentIDs_from_hierarchy($featholder);
> >
> > Any preference? I'm leaving them as is for now if that's ok, but I
> > have no
> > objections to moving everything to a seperate class if that's prefered.
> >
>
> I like your suggestion. Keeps FeatureHolderI lighter, and is easier to
> change behaviour. But maybe it's just me who likes this better.

Well, no one else seems to care much. I've created

  Bio::SeqFeature::Tools::IDHandler

which takes care of these methods

keeping the core interfaces light

Cheers
Chris

> 	-hilmar