BALL::MolFileFactory Class Reference

#include <BALL/FORMAT/molFileFactory.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static GenericMolFile *	open (const String &name, File::OpenMode open_mode=std::ios::in)

Detailed Description

This class offers a factory method that given a path to a molecule file determines the file type based on the file extension and returns a pointer to an appropriate subclass of GenericMolFile

Definition at line 17 of file molFileFactory.h.

Member Function Documentation

static GenericMolFile* BALL::MolFileFactory::open ( const String &  name, File::OpenMode  open_mode = std::ios::in  )

static

This method tries to determine the filetype based on the file extension of name and returns a pointer to an object of the appropriate subclass of GenericMolFile if available.

Parameters

name	the path to the requested molecule file

Returns

a pointer to a subclass of GenericMolFile, NULL if none is appropriate. Be aware, that the file handle has not been checked for validity and that you have to delete it yourself