uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.common.tools.file.description
Class FileFormatDescription

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.common.tools.file.description.FileFormatDescription

Direct Known Subclasses:

SimpleFileFormatDescription

public abstract class FileFormatDescription

extends java.lang.Object

This interface the file type of a file (not simply the extension - I hope)

Version:

1

Author:

Pierre MARGUERITE

See Also:

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Constructor Summary

FileFormatDescription()

Method Summary

abstract int	getDataFileType() Retrieves the the file format
abstract java.lang.String	getFileExtension() Retrieves the the file format

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FileFormatDescription

public FileFormatDescription()

Method Detail

getDataFileType

public abstract int getDataFileType()

Retrieves the the file format

Returns:

the filetype

getFileExtension

public abstract java.lang.String getFileExtension()

Retrieves the the file format

Returns:

the filetype