Method loadExperiment

src/openms/source/FORMAT/FileHandler.cpp:671–812

  }

  bool FileHandler::loadExperiment(const String& filename, PeakMap& exp, FileTypes::Type force_type, ProgressLogger::LogType log, const bool rewrite_source_file, const bool compute_hash)
  {
    // setting the flag for hash recomputation only works if source file entries are rewritten
    OPENMS_PRECONDITION(rewrite_source_file || !compute_hash, "Can't compute hash if no SourceFile written");

    //determine file type
    FileTypes::Type type;
    if (force_type != FileTypes::UNKNOWN)
    {
      type = force_type;
    }
    else
    {
      try
      {
        type = getType(filename);
      }
      catch ( Exception::FileNotFound& )
      {
        return false;
      }
    }

    // load right file
    switch (type)
    {
    case FileTypes::DTA:
      exp.reset();
      exp.resize(1);
      DTAFile().load(filename, exp[0]);
      break;

    case FileTypes::DTA2D:
      {
        DTA2DFile f;
        f.getOptions() = options_;
        f.setLogType(log);
        f.load(filename, exp);
      }
      break;

    case FileTypes::MZXML:
      {
        MzXMLFile f;
        f.getOptions() = options_;
        f.setLogType(log);
        f.load(filename, exp);
      }
      break;

    case FileTypes::MZDATA:
      {
        MzDataFile f;
        f.getOptions() = options_;
        f.setLogType(log);
        f.load(filename, exp);
      }
      break;