pypore.i_o package

Submodules

• pypore.i_o.abstract_reader module
• pypore.i_o.chimera_reader module
• pypore.i_o.data_file_reader module

Module contents

pypore.i_o.get_reader_from_filename(filename)

Returns an instance of an implementation of pypore.i_o.abstract_reader.AbstractReader based on the extension of filename.

Parameters:filename (string) – Filename to get the reader for. Returns:An open reader of an implementation of pypore.i_o.abstract_reader.AbstractReader based on the extension of filename, for the following extensions.

• ‘.h5’ extension: returns an instance of pypore.i_o.data_file_reader.DataFileReader.
• ‘.log’ extension: returns pypore.i_o.chimera_reader.ChimeraReader.

If the file extension is not in the above list, None is returned.

Raise:Exception - this method opens a reader, which could throw an exception.

>>> reader = get_reader_from_filename('test.h5') # Returns an open DataFileReader
>>> data = reader.get_all_data()