From: Diane Trout <diane@caltech.edu>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:37:08 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add load_pipeline_run_xml, a little function that feeds the xml file into
X-Git-Tag: 0.2.0.1~27
X-Git-Url: http://woldlab.caltech.edu/gitweb/?p=htsworkflow.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=0f97f11c0c24b1efe58fbbe226ddef4a17c31153

Add load_pipeline_run_xml, a little function that feeds the xml file into
ElementTree and grabs the useful root
---

diff --git a/htsworkflow/pipelines/runfolder.py b/htsworkflow/pipelines/runfolder.py
index 10eeee1..3c765ae 100644
--- a/htsworkflow/pipelines/runfolder.py
+++ b/htsworkflow/pipelines/runfolder.py
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ class PipelineRun(object):
         tree = ElementTree.parse(filename).getroot()
         self.set_elements(tree)
 
+def load_pipeline_run_xml(pathname):
+    """
+    Load and instantiate a Pipeline run from a run xml file
+
+    :Parameters: 
+      - `pathname` : location of an run xml file
+
+    :Returns: initialized PipelineRun object
+    """
+    tree = ElementTree.parse(pathname).getroot()
+    run = PipelineRun(xml=tree)
+    return run
+
 def get_runs(runfolder):
     """
     Search through a run folder for all the various sub component runs