| Class | Line # | Actions | |||
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| FileFormatI | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | } |