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

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

public class SimpleFileFormatDescription

extends FileFormatDescription

This class is used to describe a file. it returns the file extension and the file format

Since:

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Version:

1

Author:

Pierre MARGUERITE

Constructor Summary

SimpleFileFormatDescription(java.io.File file)
the constructor initialises the file to describe

Method Summary

int	getDataFileType() Retrieves the the file format
java.lang.String	getFileExtension() Retrieves the the file extension
java.lang.String	getFileFormat() Retrieves the fileformat of the file as String

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleFileFormatDescription

public SimpleFileFormatDescription(java.io.File file)

the constructor initialises the file to describe

Parameters:

file - the file to describe

Method Detail

getDataFileType

public int getDataFileType()

Retrieves the the file format

Specified by:

getDataFileType in class FileFormatDescription

Returns:

the filetype as integer (UNKNOWNFILE, TEXTFILE,WORKBOOKFILE ( describe in uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.common.data.tabulardata.DataTable class)

See Also:

DataTable

getFileExtension

public java.lang.String getFileExtension()

Retrieves the the file extension

Specified by:

getFileExtension in class FileFormatDescription

Returns:

the file extension as String

getFileFormat

public java.lang.String getFileFormat()

Retrieves the fileformat of the file as String

Returns:

the file format name (text, workbook)