[Bioperl-l] Are Bio::DB::Bam::Alignment objects read-only ?

[Lincoln Stein]

I apologize that the qseq() method is only allowing read-only access. I
will attempt to fix this.

Lincoln

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Charles Plessy <
charles-listes+bioperl at plessy.org> wrote:

> Dear BioPerl developers,
>
> I am trying to process some unaligned paired-end reads with Bio::DB::Sam.
>  For
> each pair, I want to detect a sequence index and a unique molecular
> identifier in
> the linker, record them as auxiliary flags, and trim the linker from the
> read.
>
> I collect the pairs through a features iterator, and can access all their
> data
> through the high-level Bio::DB::Bam::Alignment API.  After modifying them
> (linker trimming and adding flags), I want to write the resulting pairs as
> a
> new unaligned BAM file.
>
> I apologise if the solution is trivial, but my problem is that I do not
> manage to
> modify the Bio::DB::Bam::Alignment objects.  Typically, attempts such as
> “$pair[0]->qseq("GATACA")” give errors like
> “Usage: Bio::DB::Bam::Alignment::qseq(b) at
> /usr/lib/perl5/Bio/DB/Bam/AlignWrapper.pm line 80”.
>
> Since I did not find explanations or portsions of source code indicating
> how to
> modify Bio::DB::Bam::Alignment objects, I wonder if they are read-only…
>
> Have a nice day,
>
> --
> Charles Plessy
> Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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