Package Bio :: Package config :: Module FormatRegistry :: Class FormatRegistry

Class FormatRegistry

Registry.Registry --+
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                   FormatRegistry

This implements a dictionary-like interface to Biopython file formats.

Methods: find_builder Find a builder that converts from a format to an object. find_writer Find a writer that can write an object to a format.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, name, load_path=None, builder_path='Bio.builders', writer_path='Bio.writers')
Create a new registry. source code

normalize(self, name_or_format)

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_build_parent_path(self, format, visited=None)

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_build_child_path(self, format, visited=None)

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find_builder(self, from_format, to_io)

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find_writer(self, from_io, to_format, outfile)

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Inherited from Registry.Registry: __getitem__, __repr__, __str__, get, items, keys, register, values

Inherited from Registry.Registry (private): _autoload, _load

Method Details

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init(self, name, load_path=None, builder_path=`'Bio.builders'`, writer_path=`'Bio.writers'`)
(Constructor)

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Create a new registry. name is the name of the registry. load_path is an optional path (e.g. Bio.config.dbdefs) that contains objects for the registry.

Overrides: Registry.Registry.__init__: (inherited documentation)

Class FormatRegistry

__init__(self, name, load_path=None, builder_path='Bio.builders', writer_path='Bio.writers') (Constructor)

init(self, name, load_path=None, builder_path=`'Bio.builders'`, writer_path=`'Bio.writers'`)
(Constructor)