18 lines
516 B
Java
18 lines
516 B
Java
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package edu.mit.broad.picard.metrics;
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/**
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* A header for a metrics file. A header simply consists of a type and some arbitrary
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* data, but must be able to turn itself into a String and parse it's data back out
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* of that String at a later date.
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*
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* @author Tim Fennell
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*/
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public interface Header {
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/** Converts the header to a String for persisting to a file. */
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public String toString();
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/** Parses the data contained in the String version of the header. */
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public void parse(String in);
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}
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