Module detail: CDFFactory.pm

NAME

ArrayExpress::Datafile::Affymetrix::CDFFactory - a factory class for generating Affymetrix CDF file parsing objects.

SYNOPSIS

 use ArrayExpress::Datafile::Affymetrix::CDFFactory;

 my $fac = ArrayExpress::Datafile::Affymetrix::CDFFactory->new();

 my $cdf = $fac->make_parser( 'Data1.CDF' );

 $cdf->parse();

 $cdf->export($output_filehandle);

DESCRIPTION

This module is a factory class used in to create data file parsers for Affymetrix CDF files. Both old (GDAC) and new (GCOS/XDA) file formats can be parsed.

METHODS

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.

AUTHOR

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.