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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 | } |