ArrayExpress::Datafile::Affymetrix::CHPFactory - a factory class for generating Affymetrix CHP file parsing objects.
use ArrayExpress::Datafile::Affymetrix::CHPFactory;
my $fac = ArrayExpress::Datafile::Affymetrix::CHPFactory->new();
my $cel = $fac->make_parser( 'Data1.CHP' );
$cel->parse();
$cel->export($output_filehandle);
This module is a factory class used in to create data file parsers for Affymetrix CHP files. Both old (GDAC) and new (GCOS/XDA) file formats can be parsed.
new()
The class constructor.
make_parser($file)
This method takes a filename argument and returns a parser object that can then be used to process the data file and return interesting values.
Tim Rayner (rayner@ebi.ac.uk), ArrayExpress team, EBI, 2005.
Acknowledgements go to the ArrayExpress curation team for feature requests, bug reports and other valuable comments.