# $Id $
#
# BioPerl module for Bio::PopGen::IndividualI
#
# Cared for by Jason Stajich <jason-at-bioperl.org>
#
# Copyright Jason Stajich
#
# You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself

# POD documentation - main docs before the code

=head1 NAME

Bio::PopGen::IndividualI - An individual who has Genotype or Sequence Results

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  # Get a Bio::PopGen::IndividualI somehow
  # test if it has alleles/genotypes for a given marker
  if( $ind->has_marker($markername) ) {
  }
  # get the unique id
  print $ind->unique_id, "\n";

  # get the number of results (genotypes)
  print $ind->num_results;

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Describe the interface here

=head1 FEEDBACK

=head2 Mailing Lists

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=head2 Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track
of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via
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=head1 AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason-at-bioperl.org

Describe contact details here

=head1 CONTRIBUTORS

Additional contributors names and emails here

=head1 APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

=cut


# Let the code begin...


package Bio::PopGen::IndividualI;
use vars qw(@ISA);
use strict;

use Bio::Root::RootI;

@ISA = qw( Bio::Root::RootI );


=head2 unique_id

 Title   : unique_id
 Usage   : my $id = $individual->unique_id
 Function: Unique Identifier
 Returns : string representing unique identifier
 Args    : string


=cut

sub unique_id{
   my ($self) = @_;
   $self->throw_not_implemented();
}


=head2 num_genotypes

 Title   : num_genotypes
 Usage   : my $count = $person->num_results;
 Function: returns the count of the number of Results for a person
 Returns : integer
 Args    : none

=cut

sub num_genotypes { 
    shift->throw_not_implemented;
}

sub num_of_results{ 
    my $self = shift;
    $self->deprecated("num_of_results is deprecated, use num_genotypes instead");
    $self->num_genotypes;
}

=head2 get_Genotypes

 Title   : get_Genotypes
 Usage   : my @genotypes = $ind->get_Genotypes(-marker => $markername);
 Function: Get the genotypes for an individual, based on a criteria
 Returns : Array of genotypes
 Args    : either none (return all genotypes) or 
           -marker => name of marker to return (exact match, case matters)


=cut

sub get_Genotypes{
    my ($self) = @_;
    $self->throw_not_implemented();
}

=head2 has_Marker

 Title   : has_Marker
 Usage   : if( $ind->has_Marker($name) ) {}
 Function: Boolean test to see if an Individual has a genotype 
           for a specific marker
 Returns : Boolean (true or false)
 Args    : String representing a marker name


=cut

sub has_Marker{
   my ($self,$name) = @_;
   $self->throw_not_implemented();
}

=head2 get_marker_names

 Title   : get_marker_names
 Usage   : my @names = $individual->get_marker_names;
 Function: Returns the list of known marker names
 Returns : List of strings
 Args    : none


=cut

sub get_marker_names{
   my ($self) = @_;
   $self->throw_not_implemented();
}


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