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Note that this modules depends on GD.
=head1 METHODS
This section describes the class and object methods for
Ace::Graphics::Panel.
=head2 CONSTRUCTORS
There is only one constructor, the new() method.
=over 4
=item $panel = Ace::Graphics::Panel->new(@options)
The new() method creates a new panel object. The options are
a set of tag/value pairs as follows:
Option Value Default
------ ----- -------
-length Length of sequence segment, in bp 0
-segment An Ace::Sequence or Das::Segment none
object, used to derive length if
not provided
-offset Base pair to place at extreme left $segment->start
of image.
-width Desired width of image, in pixels 600
-spacing Spacing between tracks, in pixels 5
-pad_top Additional whitespace between top 0
of image and contents, in pixels
-pad_bottom Additional whitespace between top 0
of image and bottom, in pixels
-pad_left Additional whitespace between left 0
of image and contents, in pixels
-pad_right Additional whitespace between right 0
of image and bottom, in pixels
-keycolor Background color for the key printed 'cornsilk'
at bottom of panel (if any)
-keyspacing Spacing between key glyphs in the 10
key printed at bottom of panel
(if any)
Typically you will pass new() an object that implements the
Bio::RangeI interface, providing a length() method, from which the
panel will derive its scale.
$panel = Ace::Graphics::Panel->new(-segment => $sequence,
-width => 800);
new() will return undef in case of an error. If the specified glyph
name is not a valid one, new() will throw an exception.
=back
=head2 OBJECT METHODS
=over 4
=item $track = $panel->add_track($glyph,$features,@options)
The add_track() method adds a new track to the image.
Tracks are horizontal bands which span the entire width of the panel.
Each track contains a number of graphical elements called "glyphs",
each corresponding to a sequence feature. There are different glyph
types, but each track can only contain a single type of glyph.
Options passed to the track control the color and size of the glyphs,
whether they are allowed to overlap, and other formatting attributes.
The height of a track is determined from its contents and cannot be
directly influenced.
The first two arguments are the glyph name and an array reference
containing the list of features to display. The order of the
arguments is irrelevant, allowing either of these idioms:
$panel->add_track(arrow => \@features);
$panel->add_track(\@features => 'arrow');
The glyph name indicates how each feature is to be rendered. A
variety of glyphs are available, and the number is growing.
Currently, the following glyphs are available:
Name Description
---- -----------
box A filled rectangle, nondirectional.
ellipse A filled ellipse, nondirectional.
arrow An arrow; can be unidirectional or bidirectional.
It is also capable of displaying a scale with
major and minor tickmarks, and can be oriented
horizontally or vertically.
segments A set of filled rectangles connected by solid lines.
Used for interrupted features, such as gapped
alignments.
transcript Similar to segments, but the connecting line is
a "hat" shape, and the direction of transcription
is indicated by a small arrow.
transcript2 Similar to transcript, but the arrow that indicates
the direction of transcription is the last exon
itself.
primers Two inward pointing arrows connected by a line.
Used for STSs.
toomany A "cloud", to indicate too many features to show
individually. This is a placeholder that will be
replaced by something more clever, such as a histogram
or density plot.
group A group of related features connected by a dashed line.
This is used internally by the Track class and should
not be called explicitly.
If the glyph name is omitted from add_track(), the "box" glyph will be
used by default.
The @options array is a list of name/value pairs that control the
attributes of the track. The options are in turn passed to the
glyphs. Each glyph has its own specialized subset of options, but
some are shared by all glyphs:
Option Description Default
------ ----------- -------
-glyph Glyph to use none
-fgcolor Foreground color black
-outlinecolor black
Synonym for -fgcolor
-bgcolor Background color white
-fillcolor Interior color of filled turquoise
images
-linewidth Width of lines drawn by 1
glyph
-height Height of glyph 10
-font Glyph font gdSmallFont
-label Whether to draw a label false
-bump Bump direction 0
-connect_groups false
Connect groups by a
dashed line (see below)
-key Show this track in the undef
key
Colors can be expressed in either of two ways: as symbolic names such
as "cyan" and as HTML-style #RRGGBB triples. The symbolic names are
the 140 colors defined in the Netscape/Internet Explorer color cube,
and can be retrieved using the Ace::Graphics::Panel->color_names()
method.
The background color is used for the background color of the track
itself. The foreground color controls the color of lines and strings.
The interior color is used for filled objects such as boxes.
The -label argument controls whether or not the ID of the feature
should be printed next to the feature. It is accepted by most, but
not all of the glyphs.
The -bump argument controls what happens when glyphs collide. By
default, they will simply overlap (value 0). A -bump value of +1 will
cause overlapping glyphs to bump downwards until there is room for
them. A -bump value of -1 will cause overlapping glyphs to bump
upwards.
The -key argument declares that the track is to be shown in a key
appended to the bottom of the image. The key contains a picture of a
glyph and a label describing what the glyph means. The label is
specified in the argument to -key.
If present, the -glyph argument overrides the glyph given in the first
or second argument.
add_track() returns an Ace::Graphics::Track object. You can use this
object to add additional features or to control the appearance of the
track with greater detail, or just ignore it. Tracks are added in
order from the top of the image to the bottom. To add tracks to the
top of the image, use unshift_track().
Typical usage is:
$panel->add_track( thistle => \@genes,
-fillcolor => 'green',
-fgcolor => 'black',
-bump => +1,
-height => 10,
-label => 1);
=item $track = unshift_track($glyph,$features,@options)
unshift_track() works like add_track(), except that the new track is
added to the top of the image rather than the bottom.
B<Adding groups of features:> It is not uncommon to add a group of
features which are logically connected, such as the 5' and 3' ends of
EST reads. To group features into sets that remain on the same
horizontal position and bump together, pass the sets as an anonymous
array. To connect the groups by a dashed line, pass the
-connect_groups argument with a true value. For example:
$panel->add_track(segments => [[$abc_5,$abc_3],
[$xxx_5,$xxx_3],
[$yyy_5,$yyy_3]],
-connect_groups => 1);
=item $gd = $panel->gd
The gd() method lays out the image and returns a GD::Image object
containing it. You may then call the GD::Image object's png() or
jpeg() methods to get the image data.
=item $png = $panel->png
The png() method returns the image as a PNG-format drawing, without
the intermediate step of returning a GD::Image object.
=item $boxes = $panel->boxes
=item @boxes = $panel->boxes
The boxes() method returns the coordinates of each glyph, useful for
constructing an image map. In a scalar context, boxes() returns an
array ref. In an list context, the method returns the array directly.
Each member of the list is an anonymous array of the following format:
[ $feature, $x1, $y1, $x2, $y2 ]
The first element is the feature object; either an
Ace::Sequence::Feature, a Das::Segment::Feature, or another Bioperl
Bio::SeqFeatureI object. The coordinates are the topleft and
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