parseAtlasConfig: Read XML config from an Expression Atlas experiment

In ebi-gene-expression-group/internal-ExpressionAtlas: Functions and Classes for EMBL-EBI Expression Atlas Data

Description

Read an XML config from an Expression Atlas experiment and create a list containing information on the analytics and assay group elements detailed therein.

Usage

	parseAtlasConfig( atlasXMLconfigFile )

Arguments

atlasXMLconfigFile

Path to the Expression Atlas XML config file.

Value

A list with two elements: the experiment type, and a list of all Analytics elements found in the XML config file.

Examples

## Not run: 
	# Path to atlas XML config file.
	atlasXMLconfigFile <- system.file( "extdata", "E-MTAB-1066-configuration.xml", package = "ExpressionAtlasInternal" )

	# Parse the config file into a list
	parsedXMLlist <- parseAtlasConfig( atlasXMLconfigFile )

	# Get the experiment type
	atlasExperimentType <- parsedXMLlist$experimentType

	# Get the Analytics objects (which contain AssayGroups)
	allAnalytics <- parsedXMLlist$allAnalytics

## End(Not run)

ebi-gene-expression-group/internal-ExpressionAtlas documentation built on Aug. 7, 2021, 9:28 p.m.