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ms_mascotresfile Class Reference
[Mascot results file module]

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#include <ms_mascotresfile.hpp>

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enum  err {
  ERR_NO_ERROR = 0x0000,
  ERR_NOMEM = 0x0001,
  ERR_NOSUCHFILE = 0x0002,
  ERR_READINGFILE = 0x0003,
  ERR_QUERYOUTOFRANGE = 0x0004,
  ERR_MISSINGENTRY = 0x0005,
  ERR_PEPSUMMPEPGET = 0x0006,
  ERR_PEPTIDESTR = 0x0007,
  ERR_ACCINPEPTIDESTR = 0x0008,
  ERR_PROTSUMM = 0x0009,
  ERR_PROTSUMMPEP = 0x000A,
  ERR_ADDPEPTIDES = 0x000B,
  ERR_MISSINGHIT = 0x000C,
  ERR_MISSINGSECTION = 0x000D,
  ERR_MISSINGSECTIONEND = 0x000E,
  ERR_MALFORMED_ERR_TOL = 0x000F,
  ERR_NO_ERR_TOL_PARENT = 0x0010,
  ERR_NULL_ACC_PEP_SUM = 0x0011,
  ERR_NULL_ACC_PROT_SUM = 0x0012,
  ERR_DUPE_ACCESSION = 0x0013,
  ERR_UNASSIGNED_PROG = 0x0014,
  ERR_UNASSIGNED_RANGE = 0x0015,
  ERR_UNASSIGNED_UNK = 0x0016,
  ERR_NO_UNIGENE_FILE = 0x0017,
  ERR_DUPLICATE_KEY = 0x0018,
  ERR_OLDRESULTSFILE = 0x0019,
  ERR_MALFORMED_TAG = 0x001A,
  ERR_MALFORMED_DRANGE = 0x001B,
  ERR_INVALID_NUMQUERIES = 0x001C,
  ERR_MALFORMED_TERMS = 0x001D,
  ERR_INVALID_RESFILE = 0x001E,
  ERR_INVALID_PROTDB = 0x001F,
  ERR_UNIGENE_MULTIDB = 0x0020,
  ERR_INVALID_CACHE_DIR = 0x0021,
  ERR_FAIL_OPEN_DAT_FILE = 0x0022,
  ERR_MISSING_CDB_FILE = 0x0023,
  ERR_FAIL_MK_CACHE_DIR = 0x0024,
  ERR_FAIL_MK_CDB_FILE = 0x0025,
  ERR_FAIL_CLOSE_FILE = 0x0026,
  ERR_FAIL_CDB_INIT = 0x0027,
  ERR_INVALID_CDB_FILE = 0x0028,
  ERR_WRITE_CDB_FILE = 0x0029,
  ERR_CDB_TOO_LARGE = 0x002A,
  ERR_NEED_64_BIT = 0x002B,
  ERR_CDB_64_BIT_REMAKE = 0x002C,
  ERR_CDB_OLD_VER_RETRY = 0x002D,
  ERR_CDB_OLD_VER_NO_RETRY = 0x002E,
  ERR_CDB_INCOMPLETE_RETRY = 0x002F,
  ERR_CDB_INCOMPLETE_NO_RETRY = 0x0030,
  ERR_CDB_BEING_CREATED = 0x0031,
  ERR_CDB_FAIL_REMOVE = 0x0032,
  ERR_CDB_FAIL_LOCK = 0x0033,
  ERR_CDB_FAIL_UNLOCK = 0x0034,
  ERR_CDB_SOURCE_CHANGE_RETRY = 0x0035,
  ERR_CDB_SOURCE_CHANGE_NO_RETRY = 0x0036,
  ERR_MISSING_PERCOLATOR_FILE = 0x0037,
  ERR_CANNOT_APPEND_RESFILE = 0x0038,
  ERR_CANNOT_APPEND_RESFILE_NO_FNAMES = 0x0039,
  ERR_RESULTS_NOT_CREATED = 0x003A
}
 

Definitions for error numbers.

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enum  FLAGS {
  RESFILE_NOFLAG = 0x00000000,
  RESFILE_USE_CACHE = 0x00000001,
  RESFILE_CACHE_IGNORE_ACC_DUPES = 0x00000002,
  RESFILE_USE_PARENT_PARAMS = 0x00000004,
  RESFILE_CACHE_IGNORE_DATE_CHANGE = 0x00000008
}
 

Flags for opening the results file.

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enum  KA_TASK {
  KA_CREATEINDEX_CI = 0,
  KA_READFILE_RF = 1,
  KA_ASSIGNPROTEINS_AP = 2,
  KA_GROUPPROTEINS_GP = 3,
  KA_UNASSIGNEDLIST_UL = 4,
  KA_QUANTITATION = 5,
  KA_CREATECACHE_CC = 6,
  KA_THRESHFORFDR_FDR = 7,
  KA_LAST = 8
}
 

Processing some results files is computationally intensive. These are the tasks that can be performed.

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enum  PERCOLATOR_FILE_NAMES {
  PERCOLATOR_INPUT_FILE = 0,
  PERCOLATOR_OUTPUT_TARGET = 1,
  PERCOLATOR_OUTPUT_DECOY = 2
}
 

Offsets into a vector of Percolator filenames.

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enum  section {
  SEC_PARAMETERS,
  SEC_HEADER,
  SEC_MASSES,
  SEC_SUMMARY,
  SEC_MIXTURE,
  SEC_PEPTIDES,
  SEC_PROTEINS,
  SEC_QUERY1,
  SEC_QUANTITATION,
  SEC_UNIMOD,
  SEC_ENZYME,
  SEC_TAXONOMY,
  SEC_DECOYSUMMARY,
  SEC_DECOYMIXTURE,
  SEC_DECOYPEPTIDES,
  SEC_DECOYPROTEINS,
  SEC_ERRTOLSUMMARY,
  SEC_ERRTOLPEPTIDES,
  SEC_SPECTRAL_LIBRARY,
  SEC_LIBRARYPEPTIDES,
  SEC_LIBRARYSUMMARY,
  SEC_CROSSLINK_SUMMARY,
  SEC_CROSSLINK_PEPTIDES,
  SEC_CROSSLINKING,
  SEC_UNIMOD_XL,
  SEC_ERRTOLDECOYSUMMARY,
  SEC_ERRTOLDECOYPEPTIDES,
  SEC_INDEX,
  SEC_NUMSECTIONS
}
 

Section names in the standard mascot results files.

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enum  XML_SCHEMA {
  XML_SCHEMA_QUANTITATION = 0,
  XML_SCHEMA_UNIMOD = 1,
  XML_SCHEMA_DIRECTORY = 2,
  XML_SCHEMA_CROSSLINKING = 3,
  XML_SCHEMA_LAST = 4
}
 

The results file contains sections in XML format and these need to be validated against a schema.

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Public Member Functions

 ms_mascotresfile (const char *szFileName, const int keepAliveInterval=0, const char *keepAliveText="<!-- %d seconds -->\n", const unsigned int flags=RESFILE_NOFLAG, const char *cacheDirectory="../data/cache/%Y/%m", const char *XMLschemaDirectory=0, ms_progress_info *progressMonitor=0)
 Constructor to open a Mascot results file.
bool anyMSMS () const
 Returns true if any of the queries in the search contain ions data.
bool anyPeptideSummaryMatches (const section sec=SEC_PEPTIDES) const
 Returns true if there is a peptides section, and if there are any results in it.
bool anyPMF () const
 Returns true if any of the queries in the search just contain a single peptide mass.
bool anySQ () const
 Returns true if any of the queries in the search contain seq or comp commands.
bool anyTag () const
 Returns true if any of the queries in the search contain tag or etag commands.
void appendErrors (ms_errs &errs)
 Used internally.
void appendErrors (const ms_errors &src)
 Copies all errors from another instance and appends them at the end of own list.
int appendResfile (const char *filename, int flags=RESFILE_USE_PARENT_PARAMS, const char *cacheDirectory=0)
 Multiple results files can be summed together and treated as 'one'.
void clearAllErrors ()
 Remove all errors from the current list of errors.
void copyFrom (const ms_errors *right)
 Use this member to make a copy of another instance.
bool doesSectionExist (const section sec) const
 Returns true if there is an entry for the passed section.
std::string enumerateQuerySectionKeys (const int query, const int num, int *pPreviousNum=0, OFFSET64_T *pPreviousOffset=0) const
 Get the key name for each item in a query section.
std::string enumerateSectionKeys (const section sec, const int num, int *pPreviousNum=0, OFFSET64_T *pPreviousOffset=0) const
 Get the key name for each item in a section.
std::string get_ms_mascotresults_params (const ms_mascotoptions &opts, unsigned int *gpFlags, double *gpMinProbability, int *gpMaxHitsToReport, double *gpIgnoreIonsScoreBelow, unsigned int *gpMinPepLenInPepSummary, bool *gpUsePeptideSummary, unsigned int *gpFlags2) const
 [Deprecated] Return default flags and parameters for creating an ms_peptidesummary or ms_proteinsummary object.
std::string get_ms_mascotresults_params (const ms_mascotoptions &opts, ms_mascotresults_params &params) const
 Return default flags and parameters for creating an ms_peptidesummary or ms_proteinsummary object.
std::string getCacheDirectory (bool processed=true) const
 Returns the directory being used for cache files (if any).
std::string getCacheFileName () const
 Returns the filename of the cache file.
bool getCrosslinkingMethod (ms_crosslinking_method *method) const
 Return the crosslinking method object from the crosslinking section of the results file.
DATABASE_TYPE getDatabaseType (const int idx) const
 Return database type if available.
int getDate () const
 Returns the date and time of the search in seconds since midnight January 1st 1970.
ms_mascotoptions::DECOY_ALGORITHM getDecoyTypeForDB (const int idx=1) const
 Returns the decoy algorithm type for a given database.
bool getEnzyme (ms_enzymefile *efile, const char *enzymeFileName=0) const
 Returns an object that represents enzyme-section as a reduced enzymes file.
const ms_errsgetErrorHandler () const
 Retrive the error object using this function to get access to all errors and error parameters.
int getErrorNumber (const int num=-1) const
 Return a specific error number - or ms_mascotresfile::ERR_NO_ERROR.
std::string getErrorString (const int num) const
 Return a specific error as a string.
int getExecTime () const
 Returns the time taken for the search.
std::string getFastaPath (int idx=1) const
 Returns the path to the FASTA file used.
std::string getFastaVer (int idx=1) const
 Returns the FASTA file version.
std::string getFileName (const int id=1) const
 Returns the name of the results file passed into the constructor.
int getJobNumber (const int resfileID=1) const
 Return the job number for this file - obtained from the file name.
void getKeepAlive (KA_TASK &kaTask, int &kaPercentage, std::string &kaAccession, int &kaHit, int &kaQuery, std::string &kaText) const
 Return the progress indicators used by the keepAlive functions.
int getLastError () const
 Return the last error number - or ms_mascotresfile::ERR_NO_ERROR.
std::string getLastErrorString () const
 Return the last error number - or an empty string.
std::string getMascotVer () const
 Returns the version of Mascot used to perform the search.
bool getMasses (ms_masses *masses) const
 Returns an ms_masses object from the mass values in the results file.
const ms_modificationgetMonoLinkModification (const int modNum, const int monoLink) const
 Returns an ms_modification object that represents a monolink variable modification.
std::string getMSParserVersion () const
 Returns the version number of the Mascot Parser library.
int getMultiFileQueryNumber (const int localQuery, const int fileId) const
 Return the multi-file query number from the local query number in an appended file.
int getNumberOfErrors () const
 Return the number of errors since the last call to clearAllErrors.
int getNumberOfResfiles () const
 Multiple results files can be summed together and treated as 'one'.
int getNumEtSeqsSearched (const int idx=0) const
 Returns the number of sequences searched in the second pass of an integrated error tolerant search.
int getNumHits (const section sec=SEC_SUMMARY) const
 Returns the maximum number of hits possible for a protein summary.
int getNumLibraryEntries (const int idx=0) const
 Returns the number of entries in the spectral library searched.
int getNumQueries (const int resfileID=0) const
 Returns the number of queries (peptide masses or ms-ms spectra).
double getNumResidues (const int idx=0) const
 Returns the number of residues in the FASTA file(s) searched.
int getNumSeqs (const int idx=0) const
 Returns the number of sequences in the FASTA file(s) searched.
int getNumSeqsAfterTax (const int idx=0) const
 Returns the number of sequences that passed the taxonomy filter in the FASTA file(s) searched.
int getObservedCharge (const int query, const bool decoy=false) const
 The 'charge' returned will be 0 for Mr, otherwise it will be 1, -1, 2, -2, 3, -3 etc. and -100 for an error.
double getObservedIntensity (const int query) const
 Returns the experimental intensity for the peptide.
double getObservedMass (const int query) const
 Returns the experimental mass value as entered by the user.
double getObservedMrValue (const int query, const bool decoy=false) const
 Returns the experimental mass value (as a relative mass) as entered by the user.
std::vector< std::string > getPercolatorFileNames () const
 Retrieve the filenames use for percolator input and output.
ms_progress_infogetProgressInfo (bool forPeptideSummary=false) const
 If a matrix_science::ms_progress_info object is passed to the constructor, this is returned here.
bool getQuantitation (ms_quant_configfile *qfile) const
 Returns an object that represents the quantitation section as a reduced quantitation.xml file.
bool getQuantitationMethod (ms_quant_method *qmethod) const
 Return the quantitation method object from the quantitation section of the results file.
int getQuerySectionValue (const int query, const char *key, char *str, int maxLen) const
 Return the string value from a query in the results file.
double getQuerySectionValueDouble (const int query, const char *key) const
 Return the floating point value from a query in the results file.
int getQuerySectionValueInt (const int query, const char *key) const
 Return the integer value from a query in the results file.
std::string getQuerySectionValueStr (const int query, const char *key) const
 Return the string value from a query in the results file.
int getReferenceDatabaseNumberOfSL (const int idx) const
 Return the database number of the reference database of a spectral library.
std::string getRepeatSearchString (const int query, const bool fullQuery=false) const
 To perform a repeat search need to build up appropriate string.
const ms_mascotresfilegetResfile (int id) const
 Returns a pointer to the resfile created by calling appendResfile.
int getSectionValue (const section sec, const char *key, char *str, int maxLen) const
 Return the string value from any line in the results file.
double getSectionValueDouble (const section sec, const char *key) const
 Return the floating point value from any line in the results file.
int getSectionValueInt (const section sec, const char *key) const
 Return the integer value from any line in the results file.
std::string getSectionValueStr (const section sec, const char *key) const
 Return the string value from any line in the results file.
std::vector< int > getSLDatabaseNumbersOfReference (const int idx) const
 Return the database numbers of the spectral libraries whose reference database is at the given index.
double getSLFragmentTolerance (int idx=1) const
 Returns the effective spectral library fragment tolerance.
std::string getSLFragmentToleranceUnit (int idx=1) const
 Returns the unit of the effective spectral library fragment tolerance.
bool getSrcQueryAndFileIdForMultiFile (const int q, int &gsqNewQuery, int &gsqFileId) const
 Return the query number and file ID in the source .dat file.
bool getTaxonomy (ms_taxonomyfile *tfile) const
 Returns an object that represents taxonomy-section as a reduced taxonomy file.
bool getUnimod (ms_umod_configfile *ufile, bool useSchemaFromResfile=false) const
 Returns an object that represents unimod-section as a reduced unimod_2.xml file.
bool getUnimodXL (ms_umod_configfile *ufile, bool useSchemaFromResfile=false) const
 Returns an object that represents unimod_xl-section as a reduced unimod_xl.xml file.
std::string getUniqueTaskID () const
 Returns the unique task ID used by Mascot Daemon.
std::string getXMLschemaFilePath (XML_SCHEMA XMLschema) const
 Gets the XML schema to be used by functions using quantitation or unimod.
bool isDatabaseTypeAvailable () const
 Check whether database types are available.
bool isErrorTolerant () const
 Returns true if the search was an error tolerant search.
bool isMSMS () const
 Returns true if the search was an MSMS search (SEARCH=MIS).
bool isPMF () const
 Returns true if the search was a PMF search (SEARCH=PMF).
bool isSQ () const
 Returns true if the search was a sequence query search (SEARCH=SQ).
bool isValid () const
 Call this function to determine if there have been any errors.
bool outputKeepAlive () const
 Outputs the "keep-alive" string during time-consuming operations.
ms_searchparamsparams () const
 Returns a reference to the search parameters class.
void resetKeepAlive (const int keepAliveInterval, const char *keepAliveText, const bool propagateToAppended=true, const bool resetStartTime=false)
 Replace the existing keepAlive values with new values.
void setPercolatorFeatures (const char *percolatorFeatures, const char *additionalFeatures, const bool useRetentionTimes)
 Set Percolator features before creating an ms_peptidesummary with Percolator scoring (deprecated).
void setPercolatorFeatures (const ms_mascotoptions &options, const char *additionalFeatures)
 Set Percolator features before creating an ms_peptidesummary with Percolator scoring.
bool setXMLschemaFilePath (XML_SCHEMA XMLschema, const char *path)
 Sets the XML schema to be used by functions using quantitation or unimod.
bool versionGreaterOrEqual (int major, int minor, int revision) const
 Compare the value returned by getMascotVer() with the passed version number.

Static Public Member Functions

static const char * getSectionName (const section sec)
 Return the section name as a string given the enum value.
static bool staticGetPercolatorFileNames (const char *szDatFileName, const char *cacheDirectory, const char *percolatorFeatures, const char *additionalFeatures, const bool useRetentionTimes, std::vector< std::string > &filenames, std::vector< bool > &exists)
 Returns a list of the Percolator input and output files for the specified data file (deprecated).
static bool staticGetPercolatorFileNames (const char *szDatFileName, const char *cacheDirectory, const ms_mascotoptions &options, const char *additionalFeatures, std::vector< std::string > &filenames, std::vector< bool > &exists)
 Returns a list of the Percolator input and output files for the specified data file.
static bool willCreateCache (const char *szFileName, const ms_mascotoptions &opts, const char *applicationName, std::string &resfileCacheFileName, unsigned int &cacheStatus)
 Returns true if a cache file will be created when the ms_mascotresfile constructor is called.
static bool willCreateCache (const char *szFileName, const unsigned int flags, const char *cacheDirectory, std::string *cacheFileName)
 Returns true if a cache file will be created when the ms_mascotresfile constructor is called.

Detailed Description

The first requirement before using any other functions or classes is to create an ms_mascotresfile object.

You must create an object of this class before anything else. The constructor takes the file name as a parameter. Note that all key names are case insensitive.

Examples:

peptide_list.cpp, repeat_search.cpp, resfile_error.cpp, resfile_info.cpp, resfile_input.cpp, resfile_params.cpp, and resfile_summary.cpp.


Member Enumeration Documentation

enum err

Definitions for error numbers.

See Using enumerated values and static const ints in Perl, Java, Python and C#. Messages are classified as fatal errors [F] or warnings [W]. A warning will not cause ms_mascotresfile::isValid() to return false.

Deprecated:
Enumerator:
ERR_NO_ERROR 

[W] Success

ERR_NOMEM 

[F] Failed to allocate memory to load the file

ERR_NOSUCHFILE 

[F] The file passed in the constructor does not exist

ERR_READINGFILE 

[F] Opened the file successfully, but failed to read from it

ERR_QUERYOUTOFRANGE 

[F] Set if query < 1 or query > getNumQueries

ERR_MISSINGENTRY 

[F] Set if there is no qexp value in the file

ERR_PEPSUMMPEPGET 

[F] Value of q, p or h out of range, so cannot get peptide info

ERR_PEPTIDESTR 

[F] The string in the peptides block is not valid

ERR_ACCINPEPTIDESTR 

[F] Could not parse an item for a given accession in the peptide section

ERR_PROTSUMM 

[F] Error parsing a line in the protein summary

ERR_PROTSUMMPEP 

[F] Couldn't parse peptide information from the protein summary section

ERR_ADDPEPTIDES 

[F] Failed to add peptides when creating the peptide summary

ERR_MISSINGHIT 

[F] Missing hit in the summary section

ERR_MISSINGSECTION 

[F] Complete missing section in the file

ERR_MISSINGSECTIONEND 

[F] Missing end of section in the file

ERR_MALFORMED_ERR_TOL 

[W] Expecting a line of format: q1_p2_et_mods=0.984020,0.000000,Citrullination

ERR_NO_ERR_TOL_PARENT 

[F] No parent search file. See Error tolerant searches

ERR_NULL_ACC_PEP_SUM 

[W] An empty accession string has been found. Possible problem in database

ERR_NULL_ACC_PROT_SUM 

[W] An empty accession string has been found. Possible problem in database

ERR_DUPE_ACCESSION 

[W] A possible duplicate accession string has been found. Possible problem in database.

ERR_UNASSIGNED_PROG 

[F] Programming error! Calling getNumberOfUnassigned() or getUnassigned() before createUnassignedList()

ERR_UNASSIGNED_RANGE 

[F] Calling ms_mascotresults::getUnassigned() with out of range number

ERR_UNASSIGNED_UNK 

[F] Calling ms_mascotresults::getUnassigned() - unable to retrieve value

ERR_NO_UNIGENE_FILE 

[F] Failed to open the UniGene file specified

ERR_DUPLICATE_KEY 

[W] Duplicate entries with the same key in the named section.

ERR_OLDRESULTSFILE 

[F] Very old results file (last century!). Parser requires 1.02 or later

ERR_MALFORMED_TAG 

[W] Expecting a line in format: q1_p2_tag=1:3:5:6,2:4:12:6,...

ERR_MALFORMED_DRANGE 

[W] Expecting a line in format: q1_p2_drange=0,256

ERR_INVALID_NUMQUERIES 

[W] Invalid number of queries in results file has been corrected.

ERR_MALFORMED_TERMS 

[W] Expecting a line in format: q1_p2_terms=A,B:-,I:...

ERR_INVALID_RESFILE 

[F] Invalid results file format - missing or corrupt headers

ERR_INVALID_PROTDB 

[W] Invalid h1_db-string format. Expecting an integer number.

ERR_UNIGENE_MULTIDB 

[W] UniGene index is not supported in multi-database search

ERR_INVALID_CACHE_DIR 

[F] Must specify a cache directory if using CDB cache files

ERR_FAIL_OPEN_DAT_FILE 

[F] Failed to open the results file for reading

ERR_MISSING_CDB_FILE 

[W] Cache file is missing or cannot be opened

ERR_FAIL_MK_CACHE_DIR 

[F] Failed to create cache directory for cache files

ERR_FAIL_MK_CDB_FILE 

[W] Failed to create an cache file

ERR_FAIL_CLOSE_FILE 

[W] Failed to close file

ERR_FAIL_CDB_INIT 

[W] Failed to initialise cache file (%s). Error code %d.

ERR_INVALID_CDB_FILE 

[W] Value in cdb cache file (%s) is corrupt: %s

ERR_WRITE_CDB_FILE 

[W] Failed to write to the cache file (%s). Error %d (%s)

ERR_CDB_TOO_LARGE 

[W] Cannot use cache file (s) which exceeded max size of s. Try deleting the cache file and retrying

ERR_NEED_64_BIT 

[F] This results file (%s) is too large for 32 bit Mascot Parser. Please upgrade to 64 bit.

ERR_CDB_64_BIT_REMAKE 

[W] Re-creating %s. Was too large for 32 bit, but may succeed with 64 bit

ERR_CDB_OLD_VER_RETRY 

[W] Cache file %s is an old version. Creating new cache file

ERR_CDB_OLD_VER_NO_RETRY 

[W] Cache file %s is an old version. Continuing without cache

ERR_CDB_INCOMPLETE_RETRY 

[W] Cache file %s was not complete. Re-creating the cache file

ERR_CDB_INCOMPLETE_NO_RETRY 

[W] Cache file %s was not complete. Continuing without cache

ERR_CDB_BEING_CREATED 

[W] Cache file %s being created by another task. Continuing without cache

ERR_CDB_FAIL_REMOVE 

[W] Failed to remove old cache file %s - error %s. Continuing without cache

ERR_CDB_FAIL_LOCK 

[W] Failed to lock cache file %s. Error code: %d

ERR_CDB_FAIL_UNLOCK 

[W] Failed to unlock cache file %s. Error code: %d

ERR_CDB_SOURCE_CHANGE_RETRY 

[W] %s changed. %s (was %s), %s bytes (was %s). Re-creating the cache file

ERR_CDB_SOURCE_CHANGE_NO_RETRY 

[W] %s changed. %s (was %s), %s bytes (was %s). Continuing without cache

ERR_MISSING_PERCOLATOR_FILE 

[F] Percolator file %s is missing. Cannot continue

ERR_CANNOT_APPEND_RESFILE 

[F] The file %s cannot be appended to %s because %s values are different

ERR_CANNOT_APPEND_RESFILE_NO_FNAMES 

[F] The file cannot be appended because %s values are different

ERR_RESULTS_NOT_CREATED 

[W] Attempting to call function %s before createSummary() has completed.

enum FLAGS

Flags for opening the results file.

See Using enumerated values and static const ints in Perl, Java, Python and C# and Caching Mascot Results.

Enumerator:
RESFILE_NOFLAG 

The standard original functionality. Read the whole file into memory.

RESFILE_USE_CACHE 

Create the cache if it doesn't already exist. Use the cache rather than reading the whole .dat file into memory.

RESFILE_CACHE_IGNORE_ACC_DUPES 

When creating a cache file, don't check for duplicate accessions in the SEC_PROTEINS and SEC_DECOYPROTEINS sections which can save some time. Strongly recommend that this flag is never used unless performance becomes a real issue and it is known that ms_mascotoptions::getIgnoreDupeAccession was not defined for the relevant database(s) when they were compressed.

RESFILE_USE_PARENT_PARAMS 

For use when Combining multiple .dat files. The flags and parameters are then inherited from the parent search.

RESFILE_CACHE_IGNORE_DATE_CHANGE 

Opening the resfile cache CDB file should ignore the last modified timestamp on the .dat file.

enum KA_TASK

Processing some results files is computationally intensive. These are the tasks that can be performed.

See Using enumerated values and static const ints in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Used with getKeepAlive(), but also see outputKeepAlive()

Enumerator:
KA_CREATEINDEX_CI 

Creating a cache file when Using the ms_mascotresfile cache files.

KA_READFILE_RF 

Reading the results file into memory when not using a cache.

KA_ASSIGNPROTEINS_AP 

Assigning peptides to proteins to get a list of all possible proteins.

KA_GROUPPROTEINS_GP 

Grouping proteins using ms_mascotresults::MSRES_GROUP_PROTEINS or ms_mascotresults::MSRES_CLUSTER_PROTEINS.

KA_UNASSIGNEDLIST_UL 

Creating the unassigned list - see ms_mascotresults::createUnassignedList.

KA_QUANTITATION 

Calculating quantitation values for reporter and multiplex protocols.

KA_CREATECACHE_CC 

Creating a cache file when Using the ms_peptidesummary cache.

KA_THRESHFORFDR_FDR 

Calls to ms_mascotresults::getThresholdForFDRAboveHomology can be slow.

KA_LAST 

Placeholder that is equal to the number of possible tasks.

Offsets into a vector of Percolator filenames.

See Using enumerated values and static const ints in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Used with getPercolatorFileNames().

Enumerator:
PERCOLATOR_INPUT_FILE 

This file is created by ms-createpip.exe and read by percolator.

PERCOLATOR_OUTPUT_TARGET 

From std::out of percolator.exe.

PERCOLATOR_OUTPUT_DECOY 

Specified using the -B flag when calling percolator.

enum section

Section names in the standard mascot results files.

See Using enumerated values and static const ints in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Enumerator:
SEC_PARAMETERS 

parameters section

SEC_HEADER 

header section

SEC_MASSES 

masses section

SEC_SUMMARY 

summary section

SEC_MIXTURE 

mixture section (pmf mixture)

SEC_PEPTIDES 

peptides section

SEC_PROTEINS 

proteins section

SEC_QUERY1 

query1 section. Don't use, see getQuerySectionValueStr() etc.

SEC_QUANTITATION 

quantitation section

SEC_UNIMOD 

unimod section

SEC_ENZYME 

enzyme section

SEC_TAXONOMY 

taxonomy section

SEC_DECOYSUMMARY 

decoy_summary section. See also Target-decoy searches and false discovery rate.

SEC_DECOYMIXTURE 

decoy_mixture section. See also Target-decoy searches and false discovery rate.

SEC_DECOYPEPTIDES 

decoy_peptides section. See also Target-decoy searches and false discovery rate.

SEC_DECOYPROTEINS 

decoy_proteins section. See also Target-decoy searches and false discovery rate.

SEC_ERRTOLSUMMARY 

error tolerant summary section. See also Error tolerant searches.

SEC_ERRTOLPEPTIDES 

error tolerant peptides section. See also Error tolerant searches.

SEC_SPECTRAL_LIBRARY 

spectral library section. See also Spectral libraries.

SEC_LIBRARYPEPTIDES 

spectral library peptides section. See also Spectral libraries.

SEC_LIBRARYSUMMARY 

spectral library summary section. See also Spectral libraries.

SEC_CROSSLINK_SUMMARY 

crosslink_summary section. See also Crosslinked search results.

SEC_CROSSLINK_PEPTIDES 

crosslink_peptides section. See also Crosslinked search results.

SEC_CROSSLINKING 

crosslinking section

SEC_UNIMOD_XL 

unimod_xl section

SEC_ERRTOLDECOYSUMMARY 

error tolerant decoy summary section. See also Error tolerant searches.

SEC_ERRTOLDECOYPEPTIDES 

error tolerant decoy peptides section. See also Error tolerant searches.

SEC_INDEX 

index section

SEC_NUMSECTIONS 

!!don't use - place holder

enum XML_SCHEMA

The results file contains sections in XML format and these need to be validated against a schema.

This is the list of schema that can be set using setXMLschemaFilePath() and getXMLschemaFilePath()

Enumerator:
XML_SCHEMA_QUANTITATION 

From the "quantation" mime section of the file. Valid aliases are: "http://www.matrixscience.com/xmlns/schema/quantitation_1" and "http://www.matrixscience.com/xmlns/schema/quantitation_2".

XML_SCHEMA_UNIMOD 

From the "unimod" mime section of the file. Valid alias is: http://www.unimod.org/xmlns/schema/unimod_2.

XML_SCHEMA_DIRECTORY 

From the value of XMLschemaDirectory passed into the ms_mascotresfile constructor.

XML_SCHEMA_CROSSLINKING 

From the "crosslinking" mime section of the file. Valid alias is: http://www.matrixscience.com/xmlns/schema/crosslinking_1.

XML_SCHEMA_LAST 

Placeholder that is equal to the number of possible schema.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ms_mascotresfile ( const char *  szFileName,
const int  keepAliveInterval = 0,
const char *  keepAliveText = "<!-- %d seconds -->\n",
const unsigned int  flags = RESFILE_NOFLAG,
const char *  cacheDirectory = "../data/cache/%Y/%m",
const char *  XMLschemaDirectory = 0,
ms_progress_info progressMonitor = 0 
)

Constructor to open a Mascot results file.

If the ms_mascotresfile::RESFILE_NOFLAG flag is specified, then the constructor reads the whole file into memory, and makes an in memory index of all the keys for fast lookup later. This was the default (and only) behaviour for Mascot Parser versions 2.2 and earlier.

If the ms_mascotresfile::RESFILE_USE_CACHE flag is specified, then the file is not read into memory, but a separate cache file containing offsets is used to read each line in the results file when requested. This is considerably faster if just a few lines of the results file need to be accessed and also takes less memory. The filenames for the cache file will be created by extracting the filename part from the path supplied in szFileName and appending '.cdb'. So, typically the cache filenames will be of the form Fxxxxx.dat.cdb. See Caching Mascot Results.

For HTML reports with large result files it is sometimes necessary to output HTML fragments to keep the connection alive. This can be done by specifying the interval at which the text is output (keepAliveInterval) and the text that should be output (keepAliveText). See outputKeepAlive() for more details.

The functions isValid() or getLastError() should be called after creating the object to determine if the file was valid and loaded properly.

Possible error values:

Parameters:
szFileNameis the path to a valid Mascot results file
keepAliveIntervalis the interval in seconds between each time the keepAliveText is output to stdout. If a value of zero is specified, then no keep alive text will be output.
keepAliveTextis output every keepAliveInterval seconds while the file is being loaded. See outputKeepAlive() for further details.
flagsare created by bitwise ORing the ms_mascotresfile::FLAGS
cacheDirectoryis the location where any cache files are stored. See Specifying cache file directory. If cacheDirectory is null or empty and RESFILE_USE_CACHE is specified, then ERR_INVALID_CACHE_DIR will be set and the object will be invalid. Most applications should get this value from ms_mascotoptions::getCacheDirectory().
XMLschemaDirectoryis the location where the xml schema files are located. Some sections of the results file are encoded in XML, and Mascot Parser needs to verify that these are in the correct format using 'xsd' schema files. The required files are supplied with Mascot Parser in the config directory. Either supply the path to that directory, or copy the .xsd files from it to another directory and supply the path to that (only the xsd files from that directory are required). If this parameter is 0 (the default), then it is assumed that the software is running on the Mascot Server and that the files are located in separate directories under ../html/xmlns/schema as defined in setXMLschemaFilePath(). The constructor does not check that the schema files exist, but subsequent calls to functions such as getUnimod() and getQuantitationMethod() will fail if the schema is not available. The function setXMLschemaFilePath() may be called to override this value passed in the constructor for individual schema files.
progressMonitoris an optional parameter that can be used to track progress of the creation of this object. It can also be used (from another thread) to cancel the creation of the object by calling ms_progress_info::setBreak. If the passed progressMonitor has a subTask, created by calling ms_progress_info::addSubtask("Creating peptide summary", 100), then that subtask will be used when creating the ms_peptidesummary object. If the subtask doesn't exist, then one is created. Both pointers can be obtained by calling ms_mascotresfile::getProgressInfo(). Make sure that the calling function does not delete the object pointed to by this paramater until after the ms_mascotresfile object has been deleted. See: Maintaining object references: two rules of thumb

Member Function Documentation

bool anyMSMS (  ) const

Returns true if any of the queries in the search contain ions data.

See also the isMSMS() member, although this function is the preferred one.

Returns:
true if any queries contain MS-MS fragment masses
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
bool anyPeptideSummaryMatches ( const section  sec = SEC_PEPTIDES ) const

Returns true if there is a peptides section, and if there are any results in it.

If no parameter is passed to this function, information is returned about the standard peptides section.

This function is useful if, for example, you want to know if there is a peptides, decoy_peptides or et_peptides section in the results file. Very early versions of Mascot didn't have a peptides section for MS-MS searches, and the decoy and error tolerant peptides sections were added in Mascot 2.2, so it is safest to check that this function returns true before creating an ms_peptidesummary report. If this function returns false, consider creating an ms_proteinsummary instead.

This function will also return false if there is a peptides section that doesn't contain any results.

Even if this function returns true, it is possible that an ms_peptidesummary object created from the file will be empty if, for example, all the matches have ions scores below the specified minimum ions score.

Parameters:
secCan be one of ms_mascotresfile::SEC_PEPTIDES, ms_mascotresfile::SEC_DECOYPEPTIDES, ms_mascotresfile::SEC_ERRTOLPEPTIDES, ms_mascotresfile::SEC_ERRTOLDECOYPEPTIDES, ms_mascotresfile::SEC_LIBRARYPEPTIDES, ms_mascotresfile::SEC_CROSSLINK_PEPTIDES
Returns:
True if the section exists and contains any results in the specified section
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
bool anyPMF (  ) const

Returns true if any of the queries in the search just contain a single peptide mass.

See also the isPMF() member, although this function is the preferred one.

Returns:
true if any queries contain no MS-MS values
Examples:
repeat_search.cpp, and resfile_info.cpp.
bool anySQ (  ) const

Returns true if any of the queries in the search contain seq or comp commands.

See also the isSQ() member, although this function is the preferred one.

Returns:
true if any queries contain seq or comp commands
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
bool anyTag (  ) const

Returns true if any of the queries in the search contain tag or etag commands.

See also anySQ(), anyPMF() and anyMSMS()

Returns:
true if any queries contain tag or etag commands
void appendErrors ( const ms_errors src ) [inherited]

Copies all errors from another instance and appends them at the end of own list.

Parameters:
srcThe object to copy the errors across from. See Maintaining object references: two rules of thumb.
int appendResfile ( const char *  filename,
int  flags = RESFILE_USE_PARENT_PARAMS,
const char *  cacheDirectory = 0 
)

Multiple results files can be summed together and treated as 'one'.

See Combining multiple .dat files.

Attempts to load the specifed results file and append to the existing file.

Any warning or error messages in the file are also appended to the existing object. If isValid() for the new file returns false, it is not appended and this function returns 0.

ms_mascotresfile::ERR_CANNOT_APPEND_RESFILE_NO_FNAMES and ms_mascotresfile::ERR_CANNOT_APPEND_RESFILE will be set if the file cannot be appended because of different parameters, such as a different enzyme.

Parameters:
filenameis the path to the results file to append.
flagsare one of the ms_mascotresfile::FLAGS. If RESFILE_USE_PARENT_PARAMS is specified, then the flags, keepAlive and cache directory are copied from the parent object.
cacheDirectoryis the directory for the cache files if RESFILE_USE_CACHE has been specified. If RESFILE_USE_PARENT_PARAMS is specified and cacheDirectory is null or an empty string, then the cache directory for the parent object is used.
Returns:
0 on error, or the id number of the new file. The id can be used with getNumQueries(), getJobNumber(), getFileName() or getResfile(). The return value from the first successful call to this function will be 2.
void clearAllErrors (  ) [inherited]

Remove all errors from the current list of errors.

The list of 'errors' can include fatal errors, warning messages, information messages and different levels of debugging messages.

All messages are accumulated into a list in this object, until clearAllErrors() is called.

See Error Handling.

See also:
isValid(), getLastError(), getLastErrorString(), getErrorHandler()
Examples:
common_error.cpp, resfile_error.cpp, and resfile_summary.cpp.
void copyFrom ( const ms_errors right ) [inherited]

Use this member to make a copy of another instance.

Parameters:
rightis the source to initialise from
bool doesSectionExist ( const section  sec ) const

Returns true if there is an entry for the passed section.

This function is useful if, for example, you want to know if there is a peptides section in the results file. Very early versions of Mascot didn't have a peptides section for MS-MS searches.

Parameters:
secis the section number
Returns:
True if the section exists
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
std::string enumerateQuerySectionKeys ( const int  query,
const int  num,
int *  pPreviousNum = 0,
OFFSET64_T *  pPreviousOffset = 0 
) const

Get the key name for each item in a query section.

Enumerate through all the entries in a section. It returns the key name (not value) for a single item.

In version of Mascot Parser prior to version 2.3, the items are returned in alphabetical order. In Mascot Parser version 2.3 and later, the items are returned in the order in the results file.

See ms_searchparams::getAllUSERParams for an example of using this method.

Note:
When using this method in a programming language other than C++, you can not use the optional parameters pPreviousNum and pPreviousOffset.
Parameters:
queryshould be in the range 1..getNumQueries().
numis the line number (1..n) of the line in the required section.
pPreviousNumis an optional parameter to speed up iterating through a large section when using cached files. If this value is not null, then the pPreviousOffset should also be passed.
pPreviousOffsetis an optional parameter to speed up iterating through a large section when using cached files. If this value is not null, then the pPreviousNum should also be passed.
Returns:
The key name. An empty string is returned when num is greater than the number of items in the section or is less than 1.
std::string enumerateSectionKeys ( const section  sec,
const int  num,
int *  pPreviousNum = 0,
OFFSET64_T *  pPreviousOffset = 0 
) const

Get the key name for each item in a section.

Enumerate through all the entries in a section. It returns the key name (not value) for a single item.

In version of Mascot Parser prior to version 2.3, the items are returned in alphabetical order. In Mascot Parser version 2.3 and later, the items are returned in the order in the results file.

See ms_searchparams::getAllUSERParams for an example of using this method.

Note:
When using this method in a programming language other than C++, you can not use the optional parameters pPreviousNum and pPreviousOffset.
Parameters:
seccan be any section number that contains value= lines This function will not work for sections that contain embedded XML such as the unimod section.
numis the line number (1..n) of the line in the required section.
pPreviousNumis an optional parameter to speed up iterating through a large section when using cached files. If this value is not null, then the pPreviousOffset should also be passed.
pPreviousOffsetis an optional parameter to speed up iterating through a large section when using cached files. If this value is not null, then the pPreviousNum should also be passed.
Returns:
The key name. An empty string is returned when num is greater than the number of items in the section or is less than 1.
std::string get_ms_mascotresults_params ( const ms_mascotoptions opts,
ms_mascotresults_params resParams 
) const

Return default flags and parameters for creating an ms_peptidesummary or ms_proteinsummary object.

A number of optional flags and parameters can be passed to the ms_proteinsummary or ms_peptide summary constructors. For an application or script running on the Mascot server, the default values for some of these parameters should normally be taken from the mascot.dat file. This function sets the values and flags required to pass to the constructor in the passed ms_mascotresults_params object.

Parameters:
[in]optscontains the options stored in mascot.dat. Call the ms_datfile construction and then ms_datfile::getMascotOptions() to obtain this value.
[out]resParamsthe values and flags required to pass to the peptide or protein summary object are set to this ms_mascotresults_params object, overwriting any values which were already set.
Returns:
If the search contains MS-MS data and the number of queries >= ms_mascotoptions::getProteinFamilySwitch, then the returned script name will be ms_mascotoptions::getResultsPerlScript_2, otherwise it will be ms_mascotoptions::getResultsPerlScript.
std::string get_ms_mascotresults_params ( const ms_mascotoptions opts,
unsigned int *  gpFlags,
double *  gpMinProbability,
int *  gpMaxHitsToReport,
double *  gpIgnoreIonsScoreBelow,
unsigned int *  gpMinPepLenInPepSummary,
bool *  gpUsePeptideSummary,
unsigned int *  gpFlags2 
) const

[Deprecated] Return default flags and parameters for creating an ms_peptidesummary or ms_proteinsummary object.

Deprecated:
This function is deprecated. All new code should use ms_mascotresfile::get_ms_mascotresults_params(const ms_mascotoptions &, ms_mascotresults_params &) instead, as all the parameters are encapsulated in the ms_mascotresults_params class.

A number of optional flags and parameters can be passed to the ms_proteinsummary or ms_peptide summary constructors. For an application or script running on the Mascot server, the default values for some of these parameters should normally be taken from the mascot.dat file. This function returns the values and flags required to pass to the constructor.

See Multiple return values in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Parameters:
[in]optscontains the options stored in mascot.dat. Call the ms_datfile construction and then ms_datfile::getMascotOptions() to obtain this value.
[out]gpFlagswill return the flags that are to be passed as the second parameter to the ms_proteinsummary or ms_peptidesummary object.
[out]gpMinProbabilityis the third parameter to be passed to the ms_proteinsummary or ms_peptidesummary objects. This return value will nomally be equal to the value returned from ms_mascotoptions::getSigThreshold().
[out]gpMaxHitsToReportthis return value will normally be the one returned by ms_searchparams::getREPORT().
[out]gpIgnoreIonsScoreBelowthis return value will be the one returned by ms_mascotoptions::getIgnoreIonsScoreBelow().
[out]gpMinPepLenInPepSummarythis return value will be the one returned by ms_mascotoptions::getMinPepLenInPepSummary.
[out]gpUsePeptideSummarywill be false is the file doesn't contain any anyMSMS (as returned by the anyMSMS() function). In this case, you should create an ms_proteinsummary. If gpUsePeptideSummary is true, you should create an ms_peptidesummary object.
[out]gpFlags2is only required for an ms_peptidesummary. If gpUsePeptideSummary is true, gpFlags2 will have the following bits set.

Returns:
If the search contains MS-MS data and the number of queries >= ms_mascotoptions::getProteinFamilySwitch, then the returned script name will be ms_mascotoptions::getResultsPerlScript_2, otherwise it will be ms_mascotoptions::getResultsPerlScript.
std::string getCacheDirectory ( bool  processed = true ) const

Returns the directory being used for cache files (if any).

The cacheDirectory supplied to the constructor ms_mascotresfile::ms_mascotresfile may contain a number of '%' flags which get substituted by Mascot Parser.

This function returns either an absolute directory, or a directory relative to the current working directory.

See Caching Mascot Results and ms_mascotoptions::getCacheDirectory

Parameters:
processedif true (the default), then the returned directory is relative to the current directory and will have any '%' flags replaced with the relevant directory. If processed is false, then the directory returned will be identical to the one passed to the constructor.
Returns:
The cache directory
std::string getCacheFileName (  ) const

Returns the filename of the cache file.

If the cacheDirectory supplied to the ms_mascotresfile::ms_mascotresfile constructor is not empty, then a filename will be returned. This does not guarantee that the file exists, or is being used.

See Caching Mascot Results.

Returns:
The filename for the cache file.
bool getCrosslinkingMethod ( ms_crosslinking_method method ) const

Return the crosslinking method object from the crosslinking section of the results file.

This method returns true if all of the following apply:

  • the crosslinking section exists;
  • a valid schema file location has been set using the XMLschemaDirectory parameter in the constructor or the file exists in the default location;
  • the crosslinking section validates against the schema;
  • the crosslinking method named in the CROSSLINKING parameter exists;
  • the crosslinking method can be loaded.

Otherwise the method returns false.

If the CROSSLINKING parameter is empty or equals "none", then the method simply returns false. Otherwise, on failure, the method sets the warning ms_errors::ERR_MSP_CROSSLINKING_FAILEDLOAD.

Parameters:
methodA pointer to crosslinking method object. This must be a valid pointer to a valid object, which should normally be created using the default constructor ms_quant_method::ms_quant_method.
Returns:
True if the method was loaded; false otherwise.
DATABASE_TYPE getDatabaseType ( const int  idx ) const

Return database type if available.

Mascot 2.6 and later save the type of the searched database(s) in the results file, as db_typeX= lines in the header section. These types are AA (amino acid), NA (nucleic acid) or SL (spectral library). The number of databases is ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(), so idx should be between 1 and getNumberOfDatabases().

Spectral libraries must have a reference database. If the reference database is not part of the actual search, protein accessions mapped to it have a database number above ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(). For example, if the search contains one AA database and one spectral library, getNumberOfDatabases() is 2 and the types returned by getDatabaseType() are AA (idx = 1) and SL (idx = 2). The reference database is at index 3 with type SLREF.

To find the number of the reference database of a spectral library, see ms_mascotresfile::geReferenceDatabaseNumberOfSL().

Parameters:
idxindex of the database; must normally be between 1 and ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(), or a valid database number returned by ms_mascotresfile::getReferenceDatabaseNumberOfSL()
Returns:
database type if available. If idx is out of range or isDatabaseTypeAvailable() is false, returns AA.
int getDate (  ) const [inline]

Returns the date and time of the search in seconds since midnight January 1st 1970.

Obtained from the date= line in the header section of the file. Can be converted to day, month, year etc. using gmtime or similar functions.

Returns:
the date and time of the search in seconds since midnight January 1st 1970.
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
ms_mascotoptions::DECOY_ALGORITHM getDecoyTypeForDB ( const int  idx = 1 ) const

Returns the decoy algorithm type for a given database.

Decoy algorithm type is saved as decoy_type= or decoy_typeX= in the header section, depending on Mascot version.

If idx = 1, the method returns the value of decoy_type=. If idx > 1, the method returns the corresponding decoy_typeX= line, or if one doesn't exist, falls back on decoy_type=.

If there is no suitable value in the file or idx is outside its range, the method returns ms_mascotoptions::DECOY_ALGORITHM_NONE.

Parameters:
idxindex of the database from 1 to ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases().
Returns:
the decoy algorithm type, or ms_mascotoptions::DECOY_ALGORITHM_NONE.
bool getEnzyme ( ms_enzymefile efile,
const char *  enzymeFileName = 0 
) const

Returns an object that represents enzyme-section as a reduced enzymes file.

For data files created with Mascot 2.2 and later, the full definition of the enzyme used is included in the Mascot results file. For earlier versions of Mascot, just the name is recorded. This function attempts to read the definition from the results file. If the definition is not present in the results file and a path to the enzymes file has been passed, then this function reads the enzymes file and removes all entries from the list in memory apart from the one with the name specified in the results file.

To determine whether the content has been parsed successfully call ms_enzymefile::isValid.

See Object initialising functions in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Parameters:
efilea pointer to enzymes-file object that will accept the content from the section or the enzymes file if necessary. If successful, the enzyme itself can be retrieved by passing an index of zero to ms_enzymefile::getEnzymeByNumber()
enzymeFileNameis only used for results files prior to Mascot 2.2
Returns:
True if the section exists in the results file or if the enzyme specified in the results file can be loaded from the enzymes file.
const ms_errs * getErrorHandler (  ) const [inherited]

Retrive the error object using this function to get access to all errors and error parameters.

See Error Handling.

Returns:
Constant pointer to the error handler
See also:
isValid(), getLastError(), getLastErrorString(), clearAllErrors(), getErrorHandler()
Examples:
common_error.cpp, and http_helper_getstring.cpp.
int getErrorNumber ( const int  num = -1 ) const

Return a specific error number - or ms_mascotresfile::ERR_NO_ERROR.

All errors are accumulated into a list in this object, until clearAllErrors() is called.

Errors in other classes are accumulated here. If, for example, there is an error when creating a peptide summary, the errors need to be accessed through this class.

See Error Handling.

See also:
getNumberOfErrors(), clearAllErrors(), getErrorNumber(), getErrorString()

In Mascot Parser 2.5 and later, this is implemented by calling: ms_errs::getErrorNumber()

Parameters:
numis the error number in the range 1..getNumberOfErrors(). Passing a value of -1 will return the last error, or ERR_NO_ERROR. If an invalid number is passed, ERR_NO_ERROR will be returned (and no error will be added to the list of errors!).
Returns:
the error number
Examples:
resfile_error.cpp, and resfile_summary.cpp.
std::string getErrorString ( const int  num ) const

Return a specific error as a string.

All errors are accumulated into a list in this object, until clearAllErrors() is called. To return a particular error, call this function with a number 1..getNumberOfErrors(). Passing a value of -1 will return the last error, or an empty string. If an invalid number is passed an empty string will be returned (and no error will be added to the list of errors!).

Errors in other classes are accumulated here. If, for example, there is an error when creating a peptide summary, the errors need to be accessed through this class.

In Mascot Parser 2.5 and later, this is implemented by calling ms_errs::getErrorString but functionality is identical to previous versions.

See Error Handling.

See also:
getNumberOfErrors(), clearAllErrors(), getErrorNumber(), getErrorString()
Parameters:
num1 to number of errors, or -1
Returns:
error string for the given number, or the last error for -1, empty string if none
Examples:
resfile_error.cpp, and resfile_summary.cpp.
int getExecTime (  ) const [inline]

Returns the time taken for the search.

Obtained from the exec_time= line in the header section. This is the 'wall clock' time, not the CPU time.

Returns:
execution time in seconds
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
std::string getFastaPath ( int  idx = 1 ) const

Returns the path to the FASTA file used.

Available in Mascot 2.2 and later.

Mascot 2.6 and later support spectral libraries. Each spectral library must have a reference database into which found peptide sequences are mapped at the end of the search. The "effective" reference database could be one of the protein sequence databases searched, or it could be a separate database used only for lookup purposes. You can find the database number of the reference database with ms_mascotresfile::getReferenceDatabaseNumberOfSL(). If this is larger than getNumberOfDatabases(), the FASTA file path is obtained from the library_reference_fastafile line in the header section of the results file.

Parameters:
idxindex of the database from 1 to ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases() for databases or libraries searched, or an index returned by ms_mascotresfile::getReferenceDatabaseNumberOfSL().
Returns:
The full path to the database or library file used in the search.
std::string getFileName ( const int  id = 1 ) const

Returns the name of the results file passed into the constructor.

Parameters:
ida 1 based index. Unless appendResfile() has been called, this value must be '1'.
Returns:
the file name (or file path) of the results file.
Examples:
repeat_search.cpp.
int getJobNumber ( const int  resfileID = 1 ) const

Return the job number for this file - obtained from the file name.

The library can only 'guess' at this since the value is not in the results file. To perform this function, it retrieves the job number from the file name, so be warned about changing file names. The function returns 0 if it cannot determine the job number.

Parameters:
resfileIDis the the 1 based id of the results file. If multiple files have been merged together with appendResfile(), use the file ID returned by appendResfile() or getSrcFileIdForMultiFile() to access the job number of the appended files.
Returns:
the derived job number.
void getKeepAlive ( KA_TASK kaTask,
int &  kaPercentage,
std::string &  kaAccession,
int &  kaHit,
int &  kaQuery,
std::string &  kaText 
) const

Return the progress indicators used by the keepAlive functions.

See Multiple return values in Perl, Java, Python and C# although there may be issues with some languages and the kaTask parameter.

It is normally easier for client applications to call ms_mascotresults::getCreateSummaryProgress() or outputKeepAlive() than to call this function.

Parameters:
kaTaskis the task currently being performed by Mascot Parser. If Parser is doing nothing, then this will be the last task that was completed and kaPercentage will be 100
kaPercentageis the percentage (0..100) complete for the current kaTask.
kaAccessionis the current 'accession' being processed. See outputKeepAlive() for details of which tasks set this value
kaHitis the current hit being processed. See outputKeepAlive() for details of which tasks set this value
kaQueryis the current 'query' being processed. See outputKeepAlive() for details of which tasks set this value
kaTextis the text that would be output by outputKeepAlive()
int getLastError (  ) const

Return the last error number - or ms_mascotresfile::ERR_NO_ERROR.

Same as calling getErrorNumber() with -1 as a parameter.

Returns:
error number

Reimplemented from ms_errors.

Examples:
peptide_list.cpp, resfile_error.cpp, and resfile_summary.cpp.
std::string getLastErrorString (  ) const

Return the last error number - or an empty string.

Same as calling getErrorString() with -1 as a parameter.

Returns:
last error string

Reimplemented from ms_errors.

Examples:
peptide_list.cpp, and resfile_error.cpp.
std::string getMascotVer (  ) const [inline]

Returns the version of Mascot used to perform the search.

Obtained from the version= entry in the header section of the file.

See also:
versionGreaterOrEqual
Returns:
the version of Mascot used to perform the search.
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
bool getMasses ( ms_masses masses ) const

Returns an ms_masses object from the mass values in the results file.

For results files from Mascot 2.2 and later, this function simply calls

    if (getUnimod(&umodConfigFile) && umodConfigFile.isValid())
    {
        masses->copyFrom(&umodConfigFile);
    }

For earlier results files, it reads the residue mass values from the masses section of the file. Since this section either contains average or monoisotopic masses (but not both), the resulting ms_masses object will only have one set of masses.

See Object initialising functions in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Parameters:
massesa pointer to a valid masses object that will accept the content from the section.
Returns:
true always.
const ms_modification * getMonoLinkModification ( const int  modNum,
const int  monoLink 
) const

Returns an ms_modification object that represents a monolink variable modification.

The method performs the following steps:

The ms_modification object contains the following fields:

Parameters:
modNumVariable mod index in range 1..32. Usually this comes from the peptide's variable mods string.
monoLinkIndex of the neutral loss element. Usually this comes from the peptide's monolink string.
Returns:
a pointer, or null if this isn't a linker or the monolink index is invalid.
std::string getMSParserVersion (  ) const

Returns the version number of the Mascot Parser library.

This version information is also available:

  • In Windows from the Mascot Parser DLL in the version 'tab'
  • From Perl using perl -Mmsparser -e "print msparser->VERSION()"
  • From Java using:
        JarFile jar = new JarFile(new File(jarName));
        Manifest jarManifest = jar.getManifest();
        Attributes mainAttributes = jarManifest.getMainAttributes();
        String version = (String) mainAttributes.get(Attributes.Name.IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION);
    
Returns:
the version number as a string.
int getMultiFileQueryNumber ( const int  localQuery,
const int  fileId 
) const

Return the multi-file query number from the local query number in an appended file.

See Multiple return values in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Needs to be called on the 'primary' file object rather than on a ms_mascotresfile object returned by the getResfile() function.

See Combining multiple .dat files.

Example: Assume that the primary .dat file as 10 queries, file 2 has 20 queries and file 3 has 30 queries. This function will return the following:

localQueryfileIdreturned query
616
11221
13 31

See also: getSrcQueryAndFileIdForMultiFile() for the 'inverse' function

Parameters:
localQueryis the query number which should be a value between 1 and getNumQueries() for the ms_mascotresfile specified by fileId.
fileIdis a 1 based index to the source .dat file.
Returns:
the query number that should be used for the primary .dat file, or -1 if an invalid localQuery / fileId parameter combination is passed.
int getNumberOfErrors (  ) const

Return the number of errors since the last call to clearAllErrors.

This will be zero if there has been no error.

All errors are accumulated into a list in this object, until clearAllErrors() is called.

Errors in other classes are accumulated here. If, for example, there is an error when creating a peptide summary, the errors need to be accessed through this class.

From version 2.5, implemented by calling getErrorHandler()->getNumberOfErrors()

See Error Handling.

See also:
getNumberOfErrors(), clearAllErrors(), getErrorNumber(), getErrorString()
Returns:
number of errors
Examples:
resfile_error.cpp, and resfile_summary.cpp.
int getNumberOfResfiles (  ) const

Multiple results files can be summed together and treated as 'one'.

See Combining multiple .dat files.

Returns:
the number of results files that have been combined together. If appendResfile() has not been called then this function will return a value of 1.
int getNumEtSeqsSearched ( const int  idx = 0 ) const

Returns the number of sequences searched in the second pass of an integrated error tolerant search.

Obtained from the et_sequences= or et_sequencesX= line in the header section of the file.

See also:
getNumSeqs(), getNumSeqsAfterTax() getNumResidues()

See Integrated error tolerant search . This function will return -1 for the Original error tolerant search and for searches prior to Mascot 2.4.1

Parameters:
idxindex of the database. Specifying a value of 0 (the default) will return the sum of all sequences after taxonomy in all FASTA files searched. Otherwise, the value should be in the range from 1 to ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(). Specifying a value outside the range of 0..ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases() will result in -1 being returned. If the database at index idx is a spectral library, the value returned is -1.
Returns:
the number of sequences that were searched in the second pass of an Integrated error tolerant search
int getNumHits ( const section  sec = SEC_SUMMARY ) const

Returns the maximum number of hits possible for a protein summary.

If no parameter is passed to this function, information is returned about the standard 'summary' section.

This function returns the number of hits contained in the summary, decoy_summary, et_summary or et_decoy_summary section of the results file. The value returned by ms_proteinsummary::getNumberOfHits will generally be more useful. The number of hits recorded in the summary section sec could be zero even if there are peptide matches in the corresponding peptides section.

If appendResfile() has been called (see Combining multiple .dat files) then this value will return -1 because the protein summary is not supported for multiple dat files.

Parameters:
secCan be one of ms_mascotresfile::SEC_SUMMARY, ms_mascotresfile::SEC_DECOYSUMMARY, ms_mascotresfile::SEC_ERRTOLSUMMARY, ms_mascotresfile::SEC_ERRTOLDECOYSUMMARY.
Returns:
The value of num_hits= in the specified section or -1 if an invalid section is passed of if the object is a multifile results file.
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
int getNumLibraryEntries ( const int  idx = 0 ) const

Returns the number of entries in the spectral library searched.

Obtained from the library_entriesX= line in the header section of the file. Spectral library support was added in Mascot 2.6.

Parameters:
idxindex of the database. Specifying a value of 0 (the default) will return the sum of all library entries searched. Otherwise, the value should be in the range from 1 to ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(). Specifying a value outside the range of 0..ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases() will result in -1 being returned. If the database at index idx is not a spectral library, the value returned is -1.
Returns:
the number of entries in the spectral library.
int getNumQueries ( const int  resfileID = 0 ) const

Returns the number of queries (peptide masses or ms-ms spectra).

Obtained from the queries= line in the header section of the file.

Parameters:
resfileIDis the the 1 based id of the results file. When the default value of 0 is used for a single .dat file, this is number of queries in the file. For Combining multiple .dat files supplying a value of zero returns the total number of queries in all the results files that have been combined. Use a value of 1 to get the number of queries just in the first .dat file.
Returns:
the number of queries or -1 if resfileID is invalid
Examples:
peptide_list.cpp, repeat_search.cpp, resfile_error.cpp, and resfile_info.cpp.
double getNumResidues ( const int  idx = 0 ) const

Returns the number of residues in the FASTA file(s) searched.

Obtained from the residues= or residuesX= line in the header section of the file. Multiple FASTA file support was added in Mascot 2.3.

See also:
getNumSeqs(), getNumSeqsAfterTax()
Parameters:
idxindex of the database. Specifying a value of 0 (the default) will return the sum of all sequences after taxonomy in all FASTA files searched. Otherwise, the value should be in the range from 1 to ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(). Specifying a value outside the range of 0..ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases() will result in -1 being returned. If the database at index idx is a spectral library, the value returned is 0.
Returns:
the number of residues in the FASTA file searched.
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
int getNumSeqs ( const int  idx = 0 ) const

Returns the number of sequences in the FASTA file(s) searched.

Obtained from the sequences= or sequencesX= in the header section of the file. Multiple FASTA file support was added in Mascot 2.3

See also:
getNumSeqsAfterTax(), getNumResidues(), getNumLibraryEntries()
Parameters:
idxindex of the database. Specifying a value of 0 (the default) will return the sum of all sequences in all FASTA files searched. Otherwise, the value should be in the range from 1 to ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(). Specifying a value outside the range of 0..ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases() will result in -1 being returned. If the database at index idx is a spectral library, the value returned is 0.
Returns:
the number of sequences in the FASTA file(s).
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
int getNumSeqsAfterTax ( const int  idx = 0 ) const

Returns the number of sequences that passed the taxonomy filter in the FASTA file(s) searched.

Obtained from the sequences_after_tax= or sequences_after_taxX= line in the header section of the file. Multiple FASTA file support was added in Mascot 2.3.

See also:
getNumSeqs(), getNumResidues(), getNumLibraryEntries()
Parameters:
idxindex of the database. Specifying a value of 0 (the default) will return the sum of all sequences after taxonomy in all FASTA files searched. Otherwise, the value should be in the range from 1 to ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(). Specifying a value outside the range of 0..ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases() will result in -1 being returned. If the database at index idx is a spectral library, the value returned is 0.
Returns:
the number of sequences that passed the taxonomy filter in the FASTA file(s) searched.
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
int getObservedCharge ( const int  query,
const bool  decoy = false 
) const

The 'charge' returned will be 0 for Mr, otherwise it will be 1, -1, 2, -2, 3, -3 etc. and -100 for an error.

This is obtained from the qexp[query] value. It will come from the SEC_SUMMARY section unless decoy is set to true in which case it is obtained from the SEC_DECOYSUMMARY section.

The 'charge' returned will be 0 for Mr, otherwise it will be 1, -1, 2, -2, 3, -3 etc. and -100 for an error.

Possible error values:

If an 'ambiguous' charge state is specified for the whole search or for a specific query, then Mascot just records matches for the highest scoring charge state, and it is this charge state that is returned from this function. For example, the search may have been performed with "2+, 3+ or 4+" and ms_inputquery::getCharge() will return "2+, 3+ or 4+". If the highest scoring peptide match for a particular query was to charge state 4+, then all top 10 matches for that query will be for 4+ and this function will return '4'.

It is therefore not impossible to get different charge values from the decoy and standard sections of the results files.

This method can only read charge from the 'summary' and 'decoy_summary' sections. If the search is error tolerant or intact crosslink search, the 'et_summary' and 'crosslink_summary' sections can report charge states different from the 'summary' section. It's best to use ms_peptide::getCharge().

The functions getObservedIntensity() and getObservedMass() do not require the decoy parameter as the values will be identical from the SEC_SUMMARY and the SEC_DECOYSUMMARY sections.

See also:
getObservedMrValue
Parameters:
queryis a number in the range 1..getNumQueries()
decoyshould be false for SEC_SUMMARY and true for SEC_DECOYSUMMARY.
Returns:
the observed charge for the peptide
Examples:
resfile_error.cpp.
double getObservedIntensity ( const int  query ) const

Returns the experimental intensity for the peptide.

This is obtained from SEC_SUMMARY - qintensity[query]. This value is not always available and does not need to be supplied by the end user.

Returns 0 if the query cannot be found and sets the error ms_mascotresfile::ERR_QUERYOUTOFRANGE.

Parameters:
queryis a number in the range 1..getNumQueries()
Returns:
0 if the intensity value is not available.
double getObservedMass ( const int  query ) const

Returns the experimental mass value as entered by the user.

This is obtained from SEC_SUMMARY - qexp[query].

Returns 0 if the value cannot be found and sets the error ms_mascotresfile::ERR_QUERYOUTOFRANGE.

Parameters:
queryquery number
Returns:
the observed peptide mass
double getObservedMrValue ( const int  query,
const bool  decoy = false 
) const

Returns the experimental mass value (as a relative mass) as entered by the user.

This is obtained from the qmass[query] value. It will come from the SEC_SUMMARY section unless decoy is set to true in which case it is obtained from the SEC_DECOYSUMMARY section.

See also:
getObservedCharge

Returns 0 if the value cannot be found and sets the error ms_mascotresfile::ERR_QUERYOUTOFRANGE.

Parameters:
queryis a number in the range 1..getNumQueries()
decoyshould only be set to true if ms_searchparams::getDECOY returns true.
Returns:
the relative mass of the observed peptide
std::vector< std::string > getPercolatorFileNames (  ) const

Retrieve the filenames use for percolator input and output.

This function will return an empty vector unless setPercolatorFeatures() has been called before calling this.

The offsets into the return array are defined by ms_mascotresfile::PERCOLATOR_FILE_NAMES.

See Using STL vector classes vectori, vectord and VectorString in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

See also:
staticGetPercolatorFileNames()
Returns:
the list of files.
ms_progress_info * getProgressInfo ( bool  forPeptideSummary = false ) const

If a matrix_science::ms_progress_info object is passed to the constructor, this is returned here.

Parameters:
forPeptideSummaryshould be set to true to get the progress object used when creating the ms_peptidesummary, or false to return the object used when creating the ms_mascotresfile
Returns:
a pointer to the progress information. This will be null if no progressMonitor is passed in the constructor
bool getQuantitation ( ms_quant_configfile qfile ) const

Returns an object that represents the quantitation section as a reduced quantitation.xml file.

The return value indicates that the section exists. Call ms_quant_configfile::isValid to determine whether the XML part has been parsed successfully.

For quantitation_2 and later, the contents of the file are validated against a schema by default. For quantitation_1, to explicitly validate against a schema, use ms_quant_configfile::setSchemaFileName() to choose a schema, and then use ms_quant_configfile::validateDocument() to validate.

See Object initialising functions in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Deprecated:
See getQuantitationMethod() which is generally easier to use.
Parameters:
qfilea pointer to quantitation file object. This must be a valid pointer to a valid object, which should normally be created using the default constructor: ms_quant_configfile::ms_quant_configfile
Returns:
true if section exists and false if it doesn't
bool getQuantitationMethod ( ms_quant_method qm ) const

Return the quantitation method object from the quantitation section of the results file.

This method returns true if all of the following apply:

  • the quantitation section exists;
  • a valid schema file location has been set using the XMLschemaDirectory parameter in the constructor or the file exists in the default location;
  • the quantitation section validates against the schema;
  • the quantitation method named in the QUANTITATION parameter exists;
  • the quantitation method can be loaded.

Otherwise the method returns false.

If the QUANTITATION parameter is empty or equals "none", then the method simply returns false. Otherwise, on failure, the method sets the warning ms_errors::ERR_MSP_QUANT_FAILEDLOAD.

Parameters:
qmA pointer to quantitation method object. This must be a valid pointer to a valid object, which should normally be created using the default constructor ms_quant_method::ms_quant_method.
Returns:
True if the method was loaded; false otherwise.
int getQuerySectionValue ( const int  query,
const char *  key,
char *  str,
int  maxLen 
) const

Return the string value from a query in the results file.

Returns a string from the query section. It is generally easier to use the ms_inputquery class rather than use this lower level function.

Note:
You cannot use this method in programming languages other than C++. Use ms_inputquery instead.
Parameters:
queryis a number in the range 1..getNumQueries()
keyis case insensitive.
stris a pointer to a buffer to receive the string.
maxLenis the length of the buffer (including a null terminator).
Returns:
The number of bytes in the returned, null terminated string.
double getQuerySectionValueDouble ( const int  query,
const char *  key 
) const

Return the floating point value from a query in the results file.

Gets the number from the query section of the results file if it exists.

Parameters:
queryis a number in the range 1..getNumQueries()
keyis case insensitive.
Returns:
0.0 if the value is not found. It is generally easier to use the ms_inputquery class rather than use this lower level function.
int getQuerySectionValueInt ( const int  query,
const char *  key 
) const

Return the integer value from a query in the results file.

Gets the number from the query section of the results file if it exists.

Parameters:
queryis a number in the range 1..getNumQueries()
keyis case insensitive.
Returns:
0 if the value is not found. It is generally easier to use the ms_inputquery class rather than use this lower level function.
std::string getQuerySectionValueStr ( const int  query,
const char *  key 
) const

Return the string value from a query in the results file.

Gets the string from the query section of the results file if it exists. It is generally easier to use the ms_inputquery class rather than use this lower level function.

Parameters:
queryis a number in the range 1..getNumQueries()
keyis case insensitive.
Returns:
an empty string if the value is not present in the file
int getReferenceDatabaseNumberOfSL ( const int  idx ) const

Return the database number of the reference database of a spectral library.

The reference database of a spectral library is either one of the databases searched -- if the reference database was part of the actual search -- or a virtual database whose number is above ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(). In the first case, getReferenceDatabaseNumberOfSL() returns a database number between 1 and ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(). In the second case, the number is above getNumberOfDatabases().

If idx does not refer to a spectral library, the method returns -1.

Parameters:
idxDatabase number of the spectral library of interest, between 1 and ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases() and whose type is SL (see getDatabaseType())
Returns:
Database number of the reference database of the spectral library, or -1 if idx is not a spectral library.
std::string getRepeatSearchString ( const int  query,
const bool  fullQuery = false 
) const

To perform a repeat search need to build up appropriate string.

If the 'fullQuery' parameter is false (the default) then the format will be:

mr from(observed, charge) query(querynum) etc. 

If the 'fullQuery' parameter is true then the format will be:

mr from(observer, charge1, charge2...) ions() etc. 

where 'etc' will be one or more of the following (split onto several lines here for readability):

   intensity(value) peptol(value, units) seq() comp()  tag() etag() 
   title() instrument() it_mods() index() rtinseconds() rtinseconds[x]() 
   scans scans[x]() rawscans rawscans[x]()
  
  • from contains the observed mass, and the charge found in the original search. If the fullQuery parameter is true, then the charge parameter may be a list of charge states to consider, in which case the mr value is for the first charge.
  • intensity will be returned if an intensity for the peptide was entered.
  • peptol will be returned if there is a specific tolerance override for this query. It is taken from the PepTol= line in the queryx section of the results file.
  • seq() will be returned if there was a sequence query. It is the exact text that was entered by the user, and comes from seq1= line in the queryx section of the results file. If there were multiple seq() commands in the original search, then these will be in the results file as seq1=, seq2= etc., and will be returned as seq(...) seq(...).
  • comp() will be returned if there was a composition query. It is the exact text that was entered by the user, and comes from comp1= line in the queryx section of the results file. If there were multiple comp() commands in the original search, then these will be in the results file as comp1=, comp2= etc., and will be returned as comp(...) comp(...).
  • tag() will be returned if there was a tag query. It is the exact text that was entered by the user, and comes from tag1=t line in the queryx section of the results file. If there were multiple tag() commands in the original search, then these will be in the results file as tag1=, tag2= etc., and will be returned as tag(...) tag(...).
  • etag() will be returned if there was a etag query. It is the exact text that was entered by the user, and comes from tag1=e line in the queryx section of the results file. If there were multiple etag() commands in the original search, then these will be in the results file as tag1=, tag2= etc., and will be returned as etag(...) etag(...).
  • title will be returned if there was a title for the particular MS-MS spectrum. The title is returned as an escaped string.
  • instrument will be returned if there was an instrument defined at the query level in the original search. It is returned as an escaped string.
  • it_mods will be returned if modifications were defined at the query level in the original search. If there was more than modification, these will be returned as a comma separated list.
  • index will be returned if there was an index defined at the query level in the original search which will be the case for all searches in Mascot 2.3 and later. See ms_inputquery::getIndex.
  • scans or scans[x] will be returned if these were defined at the query level in the original search. They will have the format scans(29-34, 43) or scans[0](29-34) scans[1](43).
  • rtinseconds or rtinseconds[x] will be returned if these were defined at the query level in the original search. They will have the format rtinseconds(10-20, 25) or rtinseconds[0](10-20) rtinseconds[1](25).
  • rawscans or rawscans[x] will be returned if these were defined at the query level in the original search. They will have the format, for example, of: rawscans[0](pd0cy1ex1:pd0cy1ex3) rawscans[1](fn2ix1).
  • rawfile will be returned if these were defined at the query level in the original search. They will have the format, for example, of: rawfile(c:/data/rawfile.raw).
  • locus will be returned if these were defined at the query level in the original search. They will have the format, for example, of: locus(2.1.1.24.1).
  • query is only used for MS-MS spectra. To save data transfer with a repeat search, this command is used instead of resubmitting all the MS-MS ions values. When nph-mascot.exe comes to the query(x) command it gets the ions vales from the original .dat file
  • ions will be used to give a list of peaks.

Returns 0 if the value cannot be found and sets the error ms_mascotresfile::ERR_QUERYOUTOFRANGE.

See Automated repeating of searches.

Parameters:
queryis a number in the range 1..getNumQueries()
fullQueryIf true, then a complete and self contained sequence query will be returned. See above for details
Returns:
repeat search string
Examples:
resfile_input.cpp.
const ms_mascotresfile * getResfile ( int  resfileID ) const

Returns a pointer to the resfile created by calling appendResfile.

See Combining multiple .dat files and Maintaining object references: two rules of thumb.

Parameters:
resfileIDis the the 1 based id of the results file and must be in the range 1..getNumberOfResfiles(). A value of 1 will (not particularly usefully!) return a pointer to the ms_mascotresfile that was originally created. A value of 2 will return ms_mascotresfile created in the first successful call to appendResfile(), and so on.
Returns:
a pointer to the ms_mascotresfile object, or 0 if the parameter is invalid.
const char * getSectionName ( const section  sec ) [static]

Return the section name as a string given the enum value.

The section name is intended for printing in error or log messages.

Parameters:
secOne of the values in ms_mascotresfile::section.
Returns:
Section name as string, or "(unknown)" if the enum cannot be stringified.
int getSectionValue ( const section  sec,
const char *  key,
char *  str,
int  maxLen 
) const

Return the string value from any line in the results file.

Note:
You cannot use this method in programming languages other than C++. Use getSectionValueStr() instead.

Function to return a string (into the passed str value) from the results file without using STL. It is generally easier to use getSectionValueStr() which returns a std::string.

Gets the requested string from the results file if it exists. Use the enumeration to choose which section. Returns the number of characters copied into 'str' which will not be greater than maxLen. E.g.

   char s[1024];
   f.getSectionValue(ms_mascotresfile::SEC_PARAMETERS,"MODS",s,1024);
Parameters:
seccan be any section number
keyis case insensitive.
stris a pointer to a buffer to receive the string
maxLenis the length of the buffer (including a null terminator)
Returns:
The number of bytes in the returned, null terminated string.
double getSectionValueDouble ( const section  sec,
const char *  key 
) const

Return the floating point value from any line in the results file.

Parameters:
seccan be any section number
keyis case insensitive.
Returns:
0.0 if the value is not found or is not a number.
int getSectionValueInt ( const section  sec,
const char *  key 
) const

Return the integer value from any line in the results file.

A value of -1 will be returned if there is no corresponding entry in the results file.

A value of zero will be returned if the entry contains a value that isn't a number.

If the correct value is out of the range of representable values, INT_MAX or INT_MIN is returned.

Parameters:
seccan be any section number
keyis case insensitive.
Returns:
the value is not found.
std::string getSectionValueStr ( const section  sec,
const char *  key 
) const

Return the string value from any line in the results file.

Gets the requested string from the results file if it exists. Use the enumeration to choose which section. E.g.

    std::string s; 
    s = file.getSectionValue(ms_mascotresfile::SEC_PARAMETERS, "MODS");
Parameters:
seccan be any section number
keyis case insensitive.
Returns:
an empty string if the value is not present in the file.
std::vector< int > getSLDatabaseNumbersOfReference ( const int  idx ) const

Return the database numbers of the spectral libraries whose reference database is at the given index.

The reference database of a spectral library is either one of the databases searched -- if the reference database was part of the actual search -- or a virtual database whose number is above ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases(). The same database can be the reference database of multiple spectral libraries.

If idx does not refer to a reference database, the method returns the empty vector.

Parameters:
idxDatabase number of the reference database of interest.
Returns:
A vector of database numbers of spectral libraries whose reference database idx is. This vector can be empty.
double getSLFragmentTolerance ( int  idx = 1 ) const

Returns the effective spectral library fragment tolerance.

When a search is run against a spectral library, the effective fragment tolerance is calculated from the user-configured library fragment tolerance and the tolerance specified in the search parameters. This may be different from ms_searchparams::getITOL() and ms_searchparams::getITOLU().

The tolerance unit can be retrieved with getSLFragmentToleranceUnit().

In Mascot 2.6.01 and later, the effective tolerance value and unit are saved in the header section of the results file as sl_itolX=. For files created by Mascot 2.6.00, the value is parsed from the sl_exec_commandX= line if present.

If idx is outside its range, the method returns 0.0.

Parameters:
idxindex of the database from 1 to ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases().
Returns:
the effective fragment tolerance.
std::string getSLFragmentToleranceUnit ( int  idx = 1 ) const

Returns the unit of the effective spectral library fragment tolerance.

When a search is run against a spectral library, the effective fragment tolerance is calculated from the user-configured library fragment tolerance and the tolerance specified in the search parameters. This may be different from ms_searchparams::getITOL() and ms_searchparams::getITOLU().

The tolerance can be retrieved with getSLFragmentTolerance().

In Mascot 2.6.01 and later, the effective tolerance value and unit are saved in the header section of the results file as sl_itolX=. For files created by Mascot 2.6.00, the value is parsed from the sl_exec_commandX= line if present.

If idx is outside its range, the method returns 0.0.

Parameters:
idxindex of the database from 1 to ms_searchparams::getNumberOfDatabases().
Returns:
the tolerance unit.
bool getSrcQueryAndFileIdForMultiFile ( const int  q,
int &  gsqNewQuery,
int &  gsqFileId 
) const

Return the query number and file ID in the source .dat file.

See Multiple return values in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Useful for combining multiple results files (see Combining multiple .dat files) but also returns valid values for a single file.

Example: Assume that the primary .dat file as 10 queries, file 2 has 20 queries and file 3 has 30 queries. This function will return the following:

qnewQueryfileId
661
21112
3113

See also: getMultiFileQueryNumber() for the 'inverse' function

Parameters:
qis the query number which should be a value between 1 and getNumQueries().
gsqNewQueryis used to return the query number in the specified source file.
gsqFileIdis a 1 based index to the source .dat file.
Returns:
true if the query is in the range 1..getNumQueries().
bool getTaxonomy ( ms_taxonomyfile tfile ) const

Returns an object that represents taxonomy-section as a reduced taxonomy file.

The return value only indicates that the section exists. If you want to find out whether the content has been parsed successfully, call the methods of matrix_science::ms_taxonomyfile.

See Object initialising functions in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Parameters:
tfilea pointer to taxonomy file object that will accept the content from the section.
Returns:
true if section exists and false if it doesn't.
bool getUnimod ( ms_umod_configfile ufile,
bool  useSchemaFromResfile = false 
) const

Returns an object that represents unimod-section as a reduced unimod_2.xml file.

The return value only indicates that the section exists. If you want to find out whether the XML part has been parsed successfully, call ms_umod_configfile::isValid

See Object initialising functions in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Parameters:
ufilea pointer to unimod file object that will accept the content from the section.
useSchemaFromResfiledetermines where the location of the xml schema is defined. If 'true', then the schema location should have been defined by specifying XMLschemaDirectory in the constructor. If 'false', then ms_umod_configfile::setSchemaFileName must have been called on ufile before calling this function. This parameter was added in Parser 2.5, and the default value is false to ensure that it is backward compatible with previous versions.
Returns:
true if section exists and false if it doesn't.
bool getUnimodXL ( ms_umod_configfile ufile,
bool  useSchemaFromResfile = false 
) const

Returns an object that represents unimod_xl-section as a reduced unimod_xl.xml file.

The return value only indicates that the section exists. If you want to find out whether the XML part has been parsed successfully, call ms_umod_configfile::isValid

See Object initialising functions in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Parameters:
ufilea pointer to unimod file object that will accept the content from the section.
useSchemaFromResfiledetermines where the location of the xml schema is defined. If 'true', then the schema location should have been defined by specifying XMLschemaDirectory in the constructor. If 'false', then ms_umod_configfile::setSchemaFileName must have been called on ufile before calling this function. ms_mascotresfile::getUnimodXL uses the same schema as ms_mascotresfile::getUnimod.
Returns:
true if section exists and false if it doesn't.
std::string getUniqueTaskID (  ) const

Returns the unique task ID used by Mascot Daemon.

Although this value is a number, it is a 64 bit integer. Some languages on some platforms cannot deal with 64 bit integers properly, so the value is returned as a string. For searches with no taskid, an empty string is returned.

Returns:
unique task id as a string
std::string getXMLschemaFilePath ( XML_SCHEMA  XMLschema ) const

Gets the XML schema to be used by functions using quantitation or unimod.

See also:
setXMLschemaFilePath
Parameters:
XMLschemaThe XML_SCHEMA enumeration value of the required xml schema file.
Returns:
The requested xml schema value or an empty string if it has not been set.
bool isDatabaseTypeAvailable (  ) const

Check whether database types are available.

Mascot 2.6 and later save the type of the database(s) in the results file, as db_typeX= lines in the header section. If the types are not available, the database or databases searched could be AA or NA.

Returns:
If the lines exist, this method returns true; otherwise it returns false.
bool isErrorTolerant (  ) const

Returns true if the search was an error tolerant search.

Obtained from the ERRORTOLERANT value in the parameters section. In Mascot versions 1.8 and later, an error tolerant search can be run as a repeat search. In this case, one or more ACCESSIONs (which may be retrieved using ms_searchparams::getACCESSION ) must have been specified, and the results file will just contain the error tolerant search results. In Mascot 2.2 and later, a single search can be performed which contains both the standard search results and the error tolerant search results of automatically selected proteins. In this case, ms_searchparams::getACCESSION will return an empty string.

See Error tolerant searches.

See also:
http://www.matrixscience.com/help/error_tolerant_help.html
Returns:
true is the result file is from an error tolerant search, false otherwise
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
bool isMSMS (  ) const

Returns true if the search was an MSMS search (SEARCH=MIS).

Since all types of search may be entered as a sequence query, it may be more useful to use the anyMSMS() member.

Returns:
true if SEARCH=MIS in the parameters section of the file.
Examples:
peptide_list.cpp, and resfile_info.cpp.
bool isPMF (  ) const

Returns true if the search was a PMF search (SEARCH=PMF).

Since all types of search may be entered as a sequence query, it may be more useful to use the anyPMF() member.

Returns:
true if SEARCH=PMF in the parameters section of the file.
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
bool isSQ (  ) const

Returns true if the search was a sequence query search (SEARCH=SQ).

Since all types of search may be entered as a sequence query, it may be more useful to use the anySQ() member.

Returns:
true if SEARCH=SQ in the parameters section of the file.
Examples:
resfile_info.cpp.
bool isValid (  ) const [inherited]

Call this function to determine if there have been any errors.

This will return true unless there have been any fatal errors.

See Error Handling.

Returns:
True if no fatal error occured
See also:
getLastError(), getLastErrorString(), clearAllErrors(), getErrorHandler()
Examples:
common_error.cpp, config_enzymes.cpp, config_fragrules.cpp, config_license.cpp, config_mascotdat.cpp, config_masses.cpp, config_modfile.cpp, config_procs.cpp, config_quantitation.cpp, config_taxonomy.cpp, http_helper_getstring.cpp, peptide_list.cpp, resfile_summary.cpp, and tools_aahelper.cpp.
bool outputKeepAlive (  ) const

Outputs the "keep-alive" string during time-consuming operations.

For HTML reports with large result files it is sometimes necessary to output HTML comments to keep the connection alive. This can be done by specifying the interval at which the text is output (keepAliveInterval) and the text that should be output (keepAliveText) as parameters to the ms_mascotresfile::ms_mascotresfile() constructor.

If the value of keepAliveInterval passed to ms_mascotresfile::ms_mascotresfile is not 0, then the text specfied by keepAliveText will be output approximately every keepAliveInterval seconds. A 'd' in the keepAliveText will be replaced by the number of seconds since the process started.

This functionality is implemented by calling this function 'often', rather than by using a separate thread. This means that the times between calls will not be accurate. A computationally intensive application that uses Mascot Parser can also call this function as required.

From version 2.3 onwards, the keepAliveText can contain tags that allow different text to be output for different lengthy tasks. The tags are:

The text can also include the following tags which are substituted by values:

  • %d - The time elapsed since the initial call to ms-mascotresfile.
  • %p - The percentage complete for the current task.
  • %h - The hit number.
  • %q - The query number.
  • %a - The accession string for the current protein being processed.
  • %f - The filename of the .dat file being processed. May be useful for the ci= value with Combining multiple .dat files

The following table indicates which values are available for which tasks:

  ci= rf= ap= gp= ul= cc= fd=
%d X X X X X X X
%p X X X X X X X
%h     X X   X  
%q     X X X X  
%a     X X   X  
%f X X X X X X  

The %a and %h values for cc= are not output for the second half of caching.

A 'complete' example string might be: ' ul=Creating unassigned list (%p% complete)\n qu=Calculating quantitation component intensities (%p% complete)\ ci=Creating cache file (%p% complete)\n rf=Reading results file (%p% complete)\n ap=Assigning peptides to proteins (%p% complete) hit=%h, time=%d\n gp=Found protein group: %a, hit=%h, %p% complete, %d seconds\n cc=Caching results (%p% complete)\n fd=Calculating false discovery rate (%p% complete)\n '

Any text before the first tag will be used as a default for cases where text isn't supplied for a particular task. For example:

  Processing: %p% complete gp=Grouping %a

would output the text:

  Processing 23% complete

for all tasks except the protein grouping which would output:

  Grouping gi|12345

Returns:
true if the work is complete, false otherwise
ms_searchparams& params (  ) const [inline]

Returns a reference to the search parameters class.

For C# only, params is a keyword, so this function is renamed to _params.

Returns:
reference to the ms_searchparams object
void resetKeepAlive ( const int  keepAliveInterval,
const char *  keepAliveText,
const bool  propagateToAppended = true,
const bool  resetStartTime = false 
)

Replace the existing keepAlive values with new values.

KeepAlive values are passed when creating the ms_mascotresfile object, but it can be useful to change these at a later time.

See outputKeepAlive() for further details.

Parameters:
keepAliveIntervalis the new interval in seconds. Specify a value of -1 to keep the old value, or 0 to stop outputting keepAliveText.
keepAliveTextis the text to output every keepAliveInterval seconds while the file is being loaded, or while other tasks are in progress.
propagateToAppendedonly has meaning if additional files have been appended by calling appendResfile().
resetStartTimecan be set to true to reset the "%d" value to zero. See outputKeepAlive() for details.
void setPercolatorFeatures ( const ms_mascotoptions options,
const char *  additionalFeatures 
)

Set Percolator features before creating an ms_peptidesummary with Percolator scoring.

The names (and contents!) of the percolator files depend on the features that have been enabled. This means that, say, turning on an additional feature will cause a new file to be created, but the old file will still be available if the feature is removed again

Parameters:
optionscontains the options stored in mascot.dat It is used to access the percolator features
additionalFeaturesis normally a string passed to ms-createpip.exe For example, "-a numUniqPeps -r varmods" would add numUniqPeps and remove varmods from the default
void setPercolatorFeatures ( const char *  percolatorFeatures,
const char *  additionalFeatures,
const bool  useRetentionTimes 
)

Set Percolator features before creating an ms_peptidesummary with Percolator scoring (deprecated).

Deprecated:
This function is deprecated and has been replaced with matrix_science::ms_mascotresfile::setPercolatorFeatures(const ms_mascotoptions&, const char*).

The names (and contents!) of the percolator files depend on the features that have been enabled. This means that, say, turning on an additional feature will cause a new file to be created, but the old file will still be available if the feature is removed again

Parameters:
percolatorFeaturesis normally retrieved by calling ms_mascotoptions::getPercolatorFeatures().
additionalFeaturesis normally a string passed to ms-createpip.exe For example, "-a numUniqPeps -r varmods" would add numUniqPeps and remove varmods from the default
useRetentionTimesis a flag to indicate whether retention time information is used by percolator.exe. This value is normally retrieved by calling ms_mascotoptions::isPercolatorUseRT()
bool setXMLschemaFilePath ( XML_SCHEMA  XMLschema,
const char *  path 
)

Sets the XML schema to be used by functions using quantitation or unimod.

It is generally easier to pass a directory as the XMLschemaDirectory parameter to the constructor rather than calling this function for each of the required schema.

Warning:
if a relative path for the xsd is specified, then this will be relative to the document and not relative to the current working directory.

Example:

   std::string qs;
   qs  = "http://www.matrixscience.com/xmlns/schema/quantitation_1 ";
   qs += "C:/myfiles/quant_schema_1.xsd ";
   qs += "http://www.matrixscience.com/xmlns/schema/quantitation_2 ";
   qs += "../schema%20files/quantitation_2.xsd";
   setXMLschemaFilePath(XML_SCHEMA_QUANTITATION, qs.c_str());
 * 

The default values used in cases where this function has not been called and no parameter is passed to the constructor are the values suitable for scripts and programs running on the Mascot Server. These values are:

 XML_SCHEMA_QUANTITATION : 
     http://www.matrixscience.com/xmlns/schema/quantitation_1 ../html/xmlns/schema/quantitation_1/quantitation_1.xsd
     http://www.matrixscience.com/xmlns/schema/quantitation_2 ../html/xmlns/schema/quantitation_2/quantitation_2.xsd

 XML_SCHEMA_UNIMOD :
     http://www.unimod.org/xmlns/schema/unimod_2 ../html/xmlns/schema/unimod_2/unimod_2.xsd

 XML_SCHEMA_CROSSLINKING :
     http://www.matrixscience.com/xmlns/schema/crosslinking_1 ../html/xmlns/schema/crosslinking_1/crosslinking_1.xsd
 
Parameters:
XMLschemamust be one of the valid XML_SCHEMA values
pathshould be a list of pairs "_schema_alias_ SPACE _file_path_", where SPACE is the space character. See XML_SCHEMA for the supported _scheama_alias_ values for each type of schema
Returns:
true if the XMLschema value is valid
bool staticGetPercolatorFileNames ( const char *  szDatFileName,
const char *  cacheDirectory,
const char *  percolatorFeatures,
const char *  additionalFeatures,
const bool  useRetentionTimes,
std::vector< std::string > &  filenames,
std::vector< bool > &  exists 
) [static]

Returns a list of the Percolator input and output files for the specified data file (deprecated).

Deprecated:
This function is deprecated and has been replaced with matrix_science::ms_mascotresfile::staticGetPercolatorFileNames(const char*, const char*, const ms_mascotoptions&, const char *, std::vector<std::string>&, std::vector<bool>&).

This static function can be called without creating an ms_mascotresfile object, and can be used in advance of creating an object to see if the percolator files will need to be created. If an object has already been created, it is normally easier to call setPercolatorFeatures() and then getPercolatorFileNames()

See Using Percolator scores and Using STL vector classes vectori, vectord and VectorString in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

The offsets into the arrays are defined by ms_mascotresfile::PERCOLATOR_FILE_NAMES

Parameters:
szDatFileNameis the absolute or relative path to the results file
cacheDirectorywill normally be the value returned from ms_mascotoptions::getCacheDirectory
percolatorFeaturesis normally retrieved by calling ms_mascotoptions::getPercolatorFeatures(). The filenames encode the features so that there is no conflict
additionalFeaturesis normally a string passed to ms-createpip.exe For example, "-a numUniqPeps -r varmods" would add numUniqPeps and remove varmods from the default. Any other parameters except -a and -r are ignored.
useRetentionTimesis a flag to indicate whether retention time information is used by percolator.exe
filenamesreturns the list of files
existsis a boolean vector which will return flags indicating if the Percolator files exists. The first value in the vector corresponds to the first value in the filename vector.
Returns:
true if all files exist
bool staticGetPercolatorFileNames ( const char *  szDatFileName,
const char *  cacheDirectory,
const ms_mascotoptions options,
const char *  additionalFeatures,
std::vector< std::string > &  filenames,
std::vector< bool > &  exists 
) [static]

Returns a list of the Percolator input and output files for the specified data file.

This static function can be called without creating an ms_mascotresfile object, and can be used in advance of creating an object to see if the percolator files will need to be created. If an object has already been created, it is normally easier to call setPercolatorFeatures() and then getPercolatorFileNames()

Make sure you set PercolatorExeFlags in options based on whether the results file has any queries with a retention time. Otherwise, this method may generate a filename different from setPercolatorFeatures().

    bool anyRT = (whether any query has RTINSECONDS);
    std::string percolatorFlags = options.getPercolatorRtFlags(anyRT, options.isPercolatorUseRT());
    options.setPercolatorExeFlags(percolatorFlags.c_str());

See Using Percolator scores and Using STL vector classes vectori, vectord and VectorString in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

The offsets into the arrays are defined by ms_mascotresfile::PERCOLATOR_FILE_NAMES

Parameters:
szDatFileNameis the absolute or relative path to the results file
cacheDirectorywill normally be the value returned from ms_mascotoptions::getCacheDirectory
optionscontains the options stored in mascot.dat It is used to access the relevant options to generate the file names
additionalFeaturesis normally a string passed to ms-createpip.exe For example, "-a numUniqPeps -r varmods" would add numUniqPeps and remove varmods from the default. Any other parameters except -a and -r are ignored.
filenamesreturns the list of files
existsis a boolean vector which will return flags indicating if the Percolator files exists. The first value in the vector corresponds to the first value in the filename vector.
Returns:
true if all files exist
bool versionGreaterOrEqual ( int  major,
int  minor,
int  revision 
) const

Compare the value returned by getMascotVer() with the passed version number.

Utility function to perform easy comparison. For example, to test if a results file could have taxonomy information, use:

if (versionGreaterOrEqual(2, 4, 0)) then ...

Note:
Versions 2.3.1 to 2.4.0 of Mascot Parser returned the incorrect value. This was fixed in 2.4.1
Parameters:
majoris the major version to be compared with
minoris the minor version to be compared with
revisionis the minor revision to be compared with
Returns:
Will return true if the version of the file is greater than or equal to the passed value
bool willCreateCache ( const char *  szFileName,
const ms_mascotoptions opts,
const char *  applicationName,
std::string &  resfileCacheFileName,
unsigned int &  cacheStatus 
) [static]

Returns true if a cache file will be created when the ms_mascotresfile constructor is called.

This static function can be called without creating an ms_mascotresfile object. It can be used in advance of creating the object to see if there will be a delay while (re)creating the cache file(s).

The purpose of this method is to get the status of the cache in addition of whether the cache will be created or not.

See Multiple return values in Perl, Java, Python and C#

See Static functions in Perl, Java, Python and C#

Parameters:
[in]szFileNameis the absolute or relative path to the Fxxxxx.dat file
[in]optsnormally loaded from the mascot.dat file using ms_datfile::getMascotOptions()
[in]applicationNameis the name of the application or script that is calling this function. The applicationName is searched for in the return value from ms_mascotoptions::getResultsCache and ms_mascotoptions::getResfileCache to determine if the application should be using cache files. If it is not found then the function returns false and sets the cacheStatus to ms_peptidesummary::RESFILE_CACHE_DISABLED_IN_OPTIONS. If null, or an empty string is passed, no check is made.
[out]resfileCacheFileNamereturns the name of the ms_mascotresfile cache file if one exists or would be created
[out]cacheStatusis the ms_peptidesummary::CACHE_STATUS enumeration which gives more details about why the cache file may or may not be created. Multiple values may be bitwise OR'd toegether.
Returns:
true if either of the cache files will be (re-)created because they does not exist or are not complete or not up to date. It will return false if the options specify that the applicationName shouldn't create or use cache files.
bool willCreateCache ( const char *  szFileName,
const unsigned int  flags,
const char *  cacheDirectory,
std::string *  cacheFileName 
) [static]

Returns true if a cache file will be created when the ms_mascotresfile constructor is called.

This static function can be called without creating an ms_mascotresfile object, and can be used in advance of creating an object to see if there will be a delay while (re)creating a cache file. The function has the same parameters as the ms_mascotresfile constructor - see the documentation for that function for details

See Static functions in Perl, Java, Python and C#

See Multiple return values in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Parameters:
[in]szFileName- see ms_mascotresfile::ms_mascotresfile
[in]flags- see ms_mascotresfile::ms_mascotresfile
[in]cacheDirectory- see ms_mascotresfile::ms_mascotresfile
[out]cacheFileName- the full path name of the cache file. For languages other than C++, this will be a reference rather than a pointer to a std::string.
Returns:
true if the cache file will be (re-)created because it does not exist or is not complete or not up to date. If the RESFILE_USE_CACHE flag has not been specified, it will always return false

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

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