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NAME
Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DataFileAdaptor
SYNOPSIS
my $dfa = $dba->get_DataFileAdaptor();
my $file = $dfa->fetch_by_dbID(1);
my $files = $dfa->fetch_all();
my $logic_name_files = $dfa->fetch_all_by_logic_name('bam_alignments');
DESCRIPTION
Provides a database wrapper to store the locations of files and to pull these records back out. DataFile objects can only provide basic information but they can return an intended external database adaptor which can be used to parse the information. This system assumes nothing about the file just that your parser can access it.
Files are supported over any protocol your parser supports and locations can be made absolute, built on the fly or versioned.
METHODS
global_base_path
Arg[1] : String; base path
Example : Bio::EnsEMBL::DBSQL::DataFileAdaptor->global_base_path('/base/path');
Description : Stores a global value to be used when building data file paths
Returntype : String
Exceptions : None
get_base_path
Arg[1] : String; (optional) base path
Example : $dfa->get_base_path();
Description : If given the path it will return that path; if not it consults
$self->global_base_path() for a value. As a last resort
it will look at the meta table for an entry keyed by
B<data_file.base_path>
Returntype : String
Exceptions : Thrown if nothing is found after consulting all three locations
DataFile_to_extensions
Arg[1] : Bio::EnsEMBL::DataFile
Example : my $exts = $dfa->DataFile_to_extensions($bam_df);
Description : Returns all expected extensions for the given DataFile type. The
first returned is the default extension
Returntype : ArrayRef
Exceptions : Raised if the given file type is not understood
DataFile_to_adaptor
Arg[1] : Bio::EnsEMBL::DataFile
Arg[2] : (optional) base path
Arg[3] : (optional) file type
Example : my $bam = $dfa->DataFile_to_adaptor($bam_df);
Description : Returns an adaptor instance which will access the given DataFile.
Can explicitly request for an adaptor of a given file type (third
argument), useful with composite types, e.g. BAM coverage files
can be returned as BAM or BIGWIG
Returntype : Scalar actual return depends upon the given file type and the
requested type
Exceptions : Raised if the given file type is not understood or if the requested
file type is incompatible with the actual data file type.
fetch_all_by_logic_name
Args [1] : String $logic_name for the linked analysis
Example : my $dfs = $dfa->fetch_all_by_logic_name('bam_alignments');
Description : Returns all DataFile entries linked to the given analysis
logic name
Returntype : ArrayRef contains Bio::EnsEMBL::DataFile instances
Exceptions : Thrown if logic name does not exist
fetch_all_by_Analysis
Args [1] : Bio::EnsEMBL::Analysis $analysis to look up by
Example : my $dfs = $dfa->fetch_all_by_Analysis($analysis);
Description : Returns all DataFile entries linked to the given analysis
Returntype : ArrayRef contains Bio::EnsEMBL::DataFile instances
Exceptions : None
fetch_all_by_CoordSystem
Args [1] : Bio::EnsEMBL::CoordSystem $coord_system to look up by
Example : my $dfs = $dfa->fetch_all_by_CoordSystem($cs);
Description : Returns all DataFile entries linked to the given coordinate
system. Does B<not> support I<toplevel>
Returntype : ArrayRef contains Bio::EnsEMBL::DataFile instances
Exceptions : None