Output *make(const File &file, const FileList &targetFiles, const FileList &queryFiles)

Make an Output from a string and lists of target and query files. This function calls initialize, which should be overloaded by derived classes to handle initialization. The provided file is first split using File::split and each resulting file is turned into an Output that is stored in a linked-list.

• function definition:

  static Output *make(const File &file, const FileList &targetFiles, const FileList &queryFiles)
  

• parameters:

  Parameter	Type	Description
  file	const File &	File describing the output or outputs to construct
  targetFiles	const FileList &	List of files representing the target templates
  queryFiles	const FileList &	List of files representing the query templates

• output: (Output *) Returns a pointer to the first output in the linked list

• example:

  TemplateList targets = TemplateList() << Template("target1.jpg") << Template("target2.jpg") << Template("target3.jpg");
  TemplateList queries = TemplateList() << Template("query1.jpg") << Template("query2.jpg");
  
  Output *output1 = Output::make("output.mtx", targets, queries); // returns a pointer to an Output at "output.mtx"
  Output *output2 = Output::make("output1.mtx;output2.mtx", targets, queries); // returns a pointer to the output created with "output1.mtx" with a pointer to the output created with "output2.mtx"