47 lines
1.8 KiB
Java
47 lines
1.8 KiB
Java
/*
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* Copyright (c) 2011, The Broad Institute
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*
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* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
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* obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
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* files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
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* restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
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* copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
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* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
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* conditions:
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*
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* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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* included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
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* OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
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* NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
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* HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
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* WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
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* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
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* OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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*/
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package org.broadinstitute.sting.commandline;
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import java.io.File;
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import java.util.List;
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/**
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* Combines a list of files into a single output.
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*/
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public abstract class Gatherer {
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/**
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* Gathers a list of files into a single output.
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* @param inputs Files to combine.
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* @param output Path to output file.
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*/
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public abstract void gather(List<File> inputs, File output);
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/**
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* Returns true if the caller should wait for the input files to propagate over NFS before running gather().
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* @return true if the caller should wait for the input files to propagate over NFS before running gather().
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*/
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public boolean waitForInputs() { return true; }
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}
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