Managing .bam project files

[IvanHeriver]

BaRatinAGE project files are .bam. A .bam file is a zip file containing all the necessary information for a BaRAtinAGE project. It includes a main json file whose structure is likely to change as we make improvement to BaRatinAGE.

Between versions 3.0.x and 3.1.x of BaRatinAGE, some changes where made. While v3.1.x version are still able to open 3.0.x files, the opposite isn’t true. Should we make .bam files that are always compatible with old version of BaRatinAGE? This is far from straightforward in some cases...

Managing old .bam is also problematic as it leads to complexe code with many if/else statement. Ideally, managing old files should be handled by a specific class to prevent making the main code cluttered.