Merger (Eoulsan 2.6.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

BAMMerger, ExpressionMerger, FastqMerger, SAMMerger
```
public interface Merger
```
This interface define a splitter.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Laurent Jourdren

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`configure(Set<Parameter> conf)`	Configure the merger.
`DataFormat`	`getFormat()`	Get the format related to the splitter.
`void`	`merge(Iterator<DataFile> inFileIterator, DataFile outFile)`	Merger data.

- Method Detail
  - getFormat
```
DataFormat getFormat()
```
    Get the format related to the splitter.
    
    Returns:
    
    a DataFormat object
  - configure
```
void configure(Set<Parameter> conf)
        throws EoulsanException
```
    Configure the merger.
    
    Parameters:
    
    conf - configuration
    
    Throws:
    
    EoulsanException - if the configuration is invalid
  - merge
```
void merge(Iterator<DataFile> inFileIterator,
           DataFile outFile)
    throws IOException
```
    Merger data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    inFileIterator - iterator over DataFile to merger
    
    outFile - output DataFile
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an error occurs while split data