TreeImporter (JEBL2 lib API)

All Superinterfaces:: Iterable<Tree>

All Known Implementing Classes:: NewickImporter, NexusImporter

public interface TreeImporter extends Iterable<Tree>

Interface for importers that do trees

Version:: $Id: TreeImporter.java 301 2006-04-17 15:35:01Z rambaut $
Author:: Andrew Rambaut, Alexei Drummond

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

boolean

hasTree()

This can be used to read one tree at a time in a loop: List trees = new ArrayList(); while (hasTree()) { trees.add(importNextTree()); } return whether another tree is available.

Tree

importNextTree()

Import a single tree

List<Tree>

importTrees()

Import all the trees

Methods inherited from interface Iterable
forEach, iterator, spliterator

Method Details
- hasTree
  
  boolean hasTree() throws IOException, ImportException
  
  This can be used to read one tree at a time in a loop: List trees = new ArrayList(); while (hasTree()) { trees.add(importNextTree()); } return whether another tree is available.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
  
  ImportException
- importNextTree
  
  Tree importNextTree() throws IOException, ImportException
  
  Import a single tree
  
  Returns:
  
  the tree
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
  
  ImportException
- importTrees
  
  List<Tree> importTrees() throws IOException, ImportException
  
  Import all the trees
  
  Returns:
  
  the list of trees
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
  
  ImportException - Any type of tree is fine.