Getting started with Mascot Parser

Modules
	Quickstart: how to open a results file
	Using the toolkit from C++
	Using the toolkit from Perl, Java, Python and C#
	Garbage collection problems (advanced reading)
	Multithreading (advanced reading)

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Detailed Description

This section gives details on how to use Mascot Parser in the supported programming languages, which in this version are C++, Perl, Java and Python.

• Quickstart: how to open a results file describes how to write a minimal Mascot Parser program.
• Using the toolkit from C++ describes C++ memory management conventions.
• Using the toolkit from Perl, Java, Python and C# describes syntax and idioms when using Mascot Parser from Perl, Java and Python.

Source code examples for each programming language are available in

• Examples for error handling in Mascot Parser modules
• Examples for the results file module
• Examples for the configuration files module
• Examples for the Mascot security module
• Examples for the Mascot tools module