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Module Biocaml_track

module Biocaml_track: sig .. end

Track files in UCSC Genome Browser format. The following documentation assumes knowledge of concepts explained on the UCSC Genome Browser's website. Basically, a track file is one of several types of data (WIG, GFF, etc.), possibly preceded by comments, browser lines, and a track line. This module allows only a single data track within a file, although the UCSC specifies that multiple tracks may be provided together.

module TrackLine: sig .. end

Track lines define display attributes.

module BrowserLines: sig .. end

Browser lines configure the overall display of the Genome Browser when your file is uploaded.

type block =

| B of BrowserLines.t (* sequence of browser lines *)

| T of TrackLine.t (* a track line *)

| C of Biocaml_comments.t (* one or more comment lines or blank lines *)

| Wig of Biocaml_wig.t (* WIG data section *)

A block of information.

WIG data section

type t

Type of a track file. Can be thought of as a list of blocks with certain restrictions on the order in which blocks occur.

exception Bad of string

val to_channel : ?wig_fmt:Biocaml_wig.format ->
 t -> Pervasives.out_channel -> unit

val to_file : ?wig_fmt:Biocaml_wig.format -> t -> string -> unit

val to_list : t -> block list

val of_list : block list -> t