com.compomics.util.experiment.io

Class ExperimentIO

java.lang.Object

com.compomics.util.experiment.io.ExperimentIO

public class ExperimentIO
extends Object

This class takes care of the saving and opening of Compomics utilities experiment objects via serialization.

Author:

Marc Vaudel

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ExperimentIO() Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static MsExperiment	loadExperiment(File utilitiesFile) Method which loads an experiment.
static void	save(File file, MsExperiment experiment) Method which saves an experiment.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ExperimentIO

public ExperimentIO()

Constructor

Method Detail

save

public static void save(File file,
                        MsExperiment experiment)
                 throws IOException

Method which saves an experiment.

Parameters:

file - The destination file

experiment - The experiment to be saved

Throws:

IOException - Exception thrown whenever an error is encountered while writing the file

loadExperiment

public static MsExperiment loadExperiment(File utilitiesFile)
                                   throws IOException,
                                          ClassNotFoundException

Method which loads an experiment.

Parameters:

utilitiesFile - file to import

Returns:

the loaded experiment

Throws:

IOException - thrown if a problem occurred while reading the file

ClassNotFoundException - thrown if a problem occurred while creating the experiment (typically a version issue)