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new

 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $obj = Bio::Tools::Run::StandAloneBlast->new();
 Function: Builds a newBio::Tools::Run::StandAloneBlast object 
 Returns : Bio::Tools::Run::StandAloneBlast
 Args    : -quiet => boolean # make program execution quiet
           -_READMETHOD => 'BLAST' (default, synonym 'SearchIO') || 'blast_pull'
                           # the parsing method, case insensitive

Essentially all BLAST parameters can be set via StandAloneBlast.pm. Some of the most commonly used parameters are listed below. All parameters have defaults and are optional except for -p.

  -p Program Name [String] 
        Input should be one of "wublastp", "wublastn", "wublastx", 
        "wutblastn", or "wutblastx".
  -d  Database [String] default = nr
        The database specified must first be formatted with xdformat.
  -E  Expectation value (E) [Real] default = 10.0
  -o  BLAST report Output File [File Out]  Optional,
            default = ./blastreport.out ; set by StandAloneBlast.pm

wublast

 Title   : wublast
 Usage   :  $blast_report = $factory->wublast('t/testquery.fa');
        or
               $input = Bio::Seq->new(-id=>"test query",
                                      -seq=>"ACTACCCTTTAAATCAGTGGGGG");
               $blast_report = $factory->wublast($input);
        or 
              $seq_array_ref = \@seq_array;  # where @seq_array is an array of Bio::Seq objects
              $blast_report = $factory->wublast(\@seq_array);
 Returns :  Reference to a Blast object 
 Args    : Name of a file or Bio::Seq object or an array of 
           Bio::Seq object containing the query sequence(s). 
           Throws an exception if argument is not either a string 
           (eg a filename) or a reference to a Bio::Seq object 
           (or to an array of Seq objects).  If argument is string, 
           throws exception if file corresponding to string name can 
           not be found.

_generic_local_wublast

 Title   : _generic_local_wublast
 Usage   :  internal function not called directly
 Returns :  Blast object
 Args    :   Reference to calling object and name of BLAST executable

_runwublast

 Title   :  _runwublast
 Usage   :  Internal function, not to be called directly        
 Function:   makes actual system call to WU-Blast program
 Example :
 Returns : Report Blast object
 Args    : Reference to calling object, name of BLAST executable, 
           and parameter string for executable

_setparams

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