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1    /*
2    * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer ($$Version-Rel$$)
3    * Copyright (C) $$Year-Rel$$ The Jalview Authors
4    *
5    * This file is part of Jalview.
6    *
7    * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
8    * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
9    * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
10    * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11    *
12    * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
13    * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
14    * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
15    * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
16    *
17    * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18    * along with Jalview. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
19    * The Jalview Authors are detailed in the 'AUTHORS' file.
20    */
21    package jalview.io;
22   
23    import jalview.datamodel.AlignmentI;
24   
25    import java.io.IOException;
26   
 
27    public interface FileFormatI
28    {
29    AlignmentFileReaderI getReader(FileParse source) throws IOException;
30   
31    AlignmentFileWriterI getWriter(AlignmentI al);
32   
33    boolean isComplexAlignFile();
34   
35    /**
36    * Answers the display name of the file format (as for example shown in menu
37    * options). This name should not be locale (language) dependent.
38    */
39    String getName();
40   
41    /**
42    * Returns a comma-separated list of file extensions associated with the
43    * format
44    *
45    * @return
46    */
47    String getExtensions();
48   
49    /**
50    * Answers true if the format is one that Jalview can read. This implies that
51    * the format provides an implementation for getReader which can parse a data
52    * source for sequence data. Readable formats are included in the options in
53    * the open file dialogue.
54    *
55    * @return
56    */
57    boolean isReadable();
58   
59    /**
60    * Answers true if the format is one that Jalview can write. This implies that
61    * the object returned by getWriter provides an implementation of the print()
62    * method. Writable formats are included in the options in the Save As file
63    * dialogue, and the 'output to Textbox' option (if text format).
64    *
65    * @return
66    */
67    boolean isWritable();
68   
69    /**
70    * Answers true if the format is one that Jalview can output as text, e.g. to
71    * a text box
72    *
73    * @return
74    */
75    boolean isTextFormat();
76   
77    /**
78    * Answers true if the file format is one that provides 3D structure data
79    *
80    * @return
81    */
82    boolean isStructureFile();
83    }