BrefWriter

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable, java.io.Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AsIsBref3Writer, CompressBref3Writer
```
public interface BrefWriter
extends java.io.Closeable
```
Interface BrefWrites writes phased, non-missing genotypes to a binary reference format (bref) file. The close() method must be called after the last invocation of the write() method in order to ensure that any buffered data are written to the output binary reference file.

Instances of class BrefWriter are not thread-safe.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Flushes any buffered output and releases any system resources that are held by this `BrefWriter`.
`Samples`	`samples()`	Returns the list of samples.
`void`	`write(RefGTRec rec)`	Writes the specified phased genotype data in binary reference format.

- Method Detail
  - samples
```
Samples samples()
```
    Returns the list of samples.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of samples
  - write
```
void write(RefGTRec rec)
```
    Writes the specified phased genotype data in binary reference format. The Java virtual machine will exit with an error message if an I/O error occurs during method execution, if this.close() has previously been invoked, or if rec.samples().equals(this.samples()) == false.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rec - phased genotype data
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if rec == null
  - close
```
void close()
```
    Flushes any buffered output and releases any system resources that are held by this BrefWriter. The Java virtual machine will exit with an error message if an I/O error occurs during method execution.
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface java.io.Closeable