java.lang.Object
- htsjdk.tribble.gff.Gff3Writer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable, AutoCloseable
```
public class Gff3Writer
extends Object
implements Closeable
```
A class to write out gff3 files. Features are added using addFeature(Gff3Feature), directives using addDirective(Gff3Codec.Gff3Directive), and comments using addComment(String). Note that the version 3 directive is automatically added at creation, so should not be added separately.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Gff3Writer(OutputStream stream)

Gff3Writer(Path path)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addComment(String comment)`	Add comment line
`void`	`addDirective(Gff3Codec.Gff3Directive directive)`	Add a directive
`void`	`addDirective(Gff3Codec.Gff3Directive directive, Object object)`	Add a directive with an object
`void`	`addFeature(Gff3Feature feature)`	add a feature
`void`	`close()`
`protected String`	`escapeString(String s)`	escape a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Gff3Writer
```
public Gff3Writer(Path path)
           throws IOException
```
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - Gff3Writer
```
public Gff3Writer(OutputStream stream)
```
- Method Detail
  - addFeature
```
public void addFeature(Gff3Feature feature)
                throws IOException
```
    add a feature
    
    Parameters:
    
    feature - the feature to be added
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - escapeString
```
protected String escapeString(String s)
```
    escape a String. Default behavior is to call encodeString(String)
    
    Parameters:
    
    s - the string to be escaped
    
    Returns:
    
    the escaped string
  - addDirective
```
public void addDirective(Gff3Codec.Gff3Directive directive,
                         Object object)
                  throws IOException
```
    Add a directive with an object
    
    Parameters:
    
    directive - the directive to be added
    
    object - the object to be encoded with the directive
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - addDirective
```
public void addDirective(Gff3Codec.Gff3Directive directive)
                  throws IOException
```
    Add a directive
    
    Parameters:
    
    directive - the directive to be added
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - addComment
```
public void addComment(String comment)
                throws IOException
```
    Add comment line
    
    Parameters:
    
    comment - the comment line (not including leading #)
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - close
```
public void close()
           throws IOException
```
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface AutoCloseable
    
    Specified by:
    
    close in interface Closeable
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`Gff3Writer(OutputStream stream)`
`Gff3Writer(Path path)`

Class Gff3Writer

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

Gff3Writer

Gff3Writer

Method Detail

addFeature

escapeString

addDirective

addDirective

addComment

close