InputPreprocessor (Eoulsan 2.6.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExpressionInputPreprocessor, FastQCInputPreprocessor, FeatureCountsInputPreprocessor, MapperInputPreprocessor
```
public interface InputPreprocessor
```
This interface define a preprocessor for MultiQC input data.

Since:

2.2

Author:

Laurent Jourdren

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`DataFormat`	`getDataFormat()`	Get the DataFormat handled by the preprocessor.
`String`	`getReportName()`	Get the name of the report.
`void`	`preprocess(TaskContext context, Data data, File multiQCInputDirectory)`	Preprocess data.

- Method Detail
  - getReportName
```
String getReportName()
```
    Get the name of the report.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the report
  - getDataFormat
```
DataFormat getDataFormat()
```
    Get the DataFormat handled by the preprocessor.
    
    Returns:
    
    the DataFormat handled by the preprocessor
  - preprocess
```
void preprocess(TaskContext context,
                Data data,
                File multiQCInputDirectory)
         throws IOException
```
    Preprocess data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - Step context
    
    data - data to preprocess
    
    multiQCInputDirectory - MultiQC input directory
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an error occurs while preprocessing the data