IExpressionDataWriter

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org.genepattern.io.expr
Interface IExpressionDataWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:: GctWriter, MAGEMLWriter, OdfDatasetWriter, ResWriter, StanfordTxtWriter

public interface IExpressionDataWriter

Interface for expression data writers.

Method Summary

java.lang.String checkFileExtension(java.lang.String pathname)
          Appends the correct file extension to the pathname if it does not exist.

java.lang.String getFormatName()
          Returns a String identifying the format that this writer encodes.

void write(IExpressionData data, java.io.OutputStream os)
          Writes an IExpressionData instance to a stream.

Method Detail

write

public void write(IExpressionData data,
                  java.io.OutputStream os)
           throws java.io.IOException

Writes an IExpressionData instance to a stream.

Parameters:: data - the data; os - the output stream
Throws:: java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs during writing.

getFormatName

public java.lang.String getFormatName()

Returns a String identifying the format that this writer encodes.

Returns:: the format name, as a String.

checkFileExtension

public java.lang.String checkFileExtension(java.lang.String pathname)

Appends the correct file extension to the pathname if it does not exist.

Parameters:: pathname - a pathname string
Returns:: The corrected pathname