Hyrax.Abif.Read

Functionality for reading and parsing AB1 files

e.g.

abif' <- readAbif "example.ab1"

case abif' of
  Left e -> putStrLn $ "error reading ABIF: " <> e
  Right abif -> print $ clearAbif abif

Documentation

readAbif :: FilePath -> IO (Either Text Abif)

Read and parse an AB1 file

getAbif :: ByteString -> Either Text Abif

Parse an AB1 from a ByteString

clear :: Directory -> Directory

Removes all data from a directory entry. This will probably only be useful when trying to show an ABIF value

clearAbif :: Abif -> Abif

Removes all data from the ABIF's directories

getDebug :: Directory -> Directory

Populate the directory entry with debug data (into dDataDebug). This is done for selected types only, e.g. for strings so that printing the structure will display readable/meaningfull info

getPString :: Get Text

Parse a ElemPString

getCString :: Int -> Get Text

Parse a ElemCString

getHeader :: Get Header

Parse the ABIF Header

getRoot :: ByteString -> Get (Header, Directory)

Parse the root (Header and Directory)

getDirectories :: ByteString -> [Directory] -> Int -> Get [Directory]

Parse all the directoy entries

getDirectory :: ByteString -> Get Directory

Parse a single Directory entry and read its data