Write Feature Annotation to Parquet Files

This function reads an annotation file and parse feature annotation to Parquet files each level of required feature (i.e. gene, transcript, and exon).

Usage

prepare_isoformic_annotation(
  input_path,
  output_path = NULL,
  file_type = c("gff")
)

Arguments

input_path

Character string specifying the path to the input GFF file.

output_path

Character string specifying the path to the output directory where Parquet files are written. If NULL or an empty string, the cache directory will be used.

file_type

Character string specifying the type of the input file. Currently, only "gff" is supported (default is "gff").

Value

Invisible path to the created Parquet file.