BioPandas/biopandas

[Refactor] Reduce code duplication by using abstract base classes

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#117 opened on Mar 27, 2023

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Description

Now that we support quite a few different formats we've ended with a significant amount of code duplication in the library. This should be refactored out into an abstract base class to reduce the future maintenance burden.

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Research direction
Identify duplicated code across format handlers and design an abstract base class to encapsulate common logic.
Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Refactor
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2
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Half day
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Fresh
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Clear
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PythonObject Oriented Programming
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75