def convertMapFileIntoSetFile( mapFileName, setFileName = "" ):
if setFileName == "":
setFileName = "%s.set" % mapFileName
mapFileHandler = open( mapFileName, "r" )
setFileHandler = open( setFileName, "w" )
iMap = Map()
count = 0
while True:
line = mapFileHandler.readline()
if line == "":
break
iMap.setFromString(line)
count += 1
iSet = Set()
iSet.id = count
iSet.name = iMap.getName()
iSet.seqname = iMap.getSeqname()
iSet.start = iMap.getStart()
iSet.end = iMap.getEnd()
iSet.write(setFileHandler)
mapFileHandler.close()
setFileHandler.close()
