ExperimentPath-class {ShortRead} | R Documentation

## (Legacy) "ExperimentPath" class representing a file hierarchy of data files

### Description

Short read technologies often produce a hierarchy of output files. The content of the hierarchy varies. This class represents the root of the file hierarchy. Specific classes (e.g., `SolexaPath`) represent different technologies.

### Objects from the Class

Objects from the class are created by calls to the constructor:

`ExperimentPath(experimentPath)`

experimentPath

  `character(1)` object pointing to the top-level directory of the experiment; see specific technology classes for additional detail.

verbose=FALSE

  (optional) logical vector which, when `TRUE` results in warnings if paths do not exist.

All paths must be fully-specified.

### Slots

`ExperimentPath` has one slot, containing a fully specified path to the corresponding directory (described above).

`basePath`

  See above.

The slot is accessed with `experimentPath`.

### Extends

Class `".ShortReadBase"`, directly.

### Methods

Methods include:

show

  `signature(object = "ExperimentPath")`: briefly summarize the file paths of `object`.

detail

  `signature(x = "ExperimentPath")`: summarize file paths of `x`.

### Author(s)

Michael Lawrence

### Examples

    showClass("ExperimentPath")

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