/**
* Returns the set of CrossLink objects in distance file format.
*
* @param crossLinkList - CrossLinkList object holding all cross-links found for a protein
* complex.
* @param monoLinkList - MonoLinkList object holding all mono-links found for a protein complex.
* @return String object holding all cross-links in distance file format.
*/
public static String toString(
final CrossLinkList crossLinkList, final MonoLinkList monoLinkList) {
StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
// get necessary values from CrossLinkParameter object.
if (Boolean.parseBoolean(CrossLinkParameter.getParameter(Parameter.DO_VERBOSE_OUTPUT))) {
output.append(DistanceWriter.getDistanceFileHeader());
}
output.append(crossLinkList.toString());
output.append(monoLinkList.toString());
return output.toString();
}
/**
* Writes all cross- and mono-link objects in a distance file format into a file.
*
* @param crossLinkList - CrossLinkList object holding all cross-links found for a protein
* complex.
* @param monoLinkList - MonoLinkList object holding all mono-links found for a protein complex.
* @return {@code TRUE} if creating/writing file is successful, {@code FALSE} if IOException is
* thrown and caught.
*/
public final boolean writeFile(
final CrossLinkList crossLinkList, final MonoLinkList monoLinkList) {
return super.write(DistanceWriter.toString(crossLinkList, monoLinkList));
}