nextflow

The nextflow package contains various top-level classes.

Class Diagram

Nextflow
Channel
Session
baseDir : Path
binding : ScriptBinding
cache : CacheDB
commandLine : String
commitId : String
config : Map
configFiles : List<Path>
dag : DAG
profile : String
runName : String
script : BaseScript
uniqueId : UUID
workDir : Path

Note

Some classes may be excluded from the above diagram for brevity.

Notes

The Nextflow class implements several methods that are exposed to Nextflow scripts. See Implicit functions for details.

The Channel class implements the channel factory methods, and it is exposed directly to Nextflow scripts. See Channels for details.

The Session class is the top-level representation of a Nextflow run, or “session”. See nextflow.script for more details about how a Session is created.