DirectoryConverter (InterMine 5.0.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.intermine.dataconversion.DataConverter
- - org.intermine.dataconversion.DirectoryConverter

```
public abstract class DirectoryConverter
extends DataConverter
```
Parent class for DataConverters that read from directories

Author:

Julie Sullivan

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DirectoryConverter(ItemWriter writer, Model model)
Constructor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Perform any necessary clean-up after post-conversion
`abstract void`	`process(java.io.File dataDir)`	Perform the conversion files in the directory

Methods inherited from class org.intermine.dataconversion.DataConverter
addUniqueItemId, alias, createItem, getItemWriter, getModel, getUniqueItemId, newId, setStoreHook, store, store, store, store, store

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - DirectoryConverter
```
public DirectoryConverter(ItemWriter writer,
                          Model model)
```
    Constructor
    
    Parameters:
    
    writer - the Writer used to output the resultant items
    
    model - the data model
- Method Detail
  - process
```
public abstract void process(java.io.File dataDir)
                      throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Perform the conversion files in the directory
    
    Parameters:
    
    dataDir - directory containing files to convert
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs during processing
  - close
```
public void close()
           throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Perform any necessary clean-up after post-conversion
    
    Overrides:
    
    close in class DataConverter
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs