[Biojava-dev] ABI file parser

[Russ Kepler]

On Wednesday 22 March 2006 02:05 pm, Yan Bai wrote:

> Another question is about the ABI file parser, located in the package 
> org.biojava.bio.program.ABIFParser. Comments of this file indicate that it
> parses files from 377 DNA sequencer, while our sequence files are generated
> by 3730 XL,  are there any mismatches between these two formats? Is there a
> parser specific for 3730? I couldn't find anything describe the 3730 XL
> format like the one Clark Tibbett wrote.

The differences that I can really are the addition of the quality calls and 
(maybe) caller name.  I'm sure that there are others, but since I wasn't 
looking for them I never really noticed their absence.  I've got a parser 
that keeps the quality call values if you need it.