DOI: 10.18129/B9.bioc.BiocIO

Bioconductor version: Release (3.22)

The `BiocIO` package contains high-level abstract classes and generics used by developers to build IO funcionality within the Bioconductor suite of packages. Implements `import()` and `export()` standard generics for importing and exporting biological data formats. `import()` supports whole-file as well as chunk-wise iterative import. The `import()` interface optionally provides a standard mechanism for 'lazy' access via `filter()` (on row or element-like components of the file resource), `select()` (on column-like components of the file resource) and `collect()`. The `import()` interface optionally provides transparent access to remote (e.g. via https) as well as local access. Developers can register a file extension, e.g., `.loom` for dispatch from character-based URIs to specific `import()` / `export()` methods based on classes representing file types, e.g., `LoomFile()`.

Author: Martin Morgan [aut], Michael Lawrence [aut], Daniel Van Twisk [aut], Marcel Ramos [cre] ORCID: 0000-0002-3242-0582

Maintainer: Marcel Ramos <marcel.ramos at sph.cuny.edu>