Package adams.data.conversion

Class AbstractSpreadSheetConversion

java.lang.Object

adams.core.logging.LoggingObject

adams.core.logging.CustomLoggingLevelObject

adams.core.option.AbstractOptionHandler

adams.data.conversion.AbstractConversion

adams.data.conversion.AbstractSpreadSheetConversion

All Implemented Interfaces:

AdditionalInformationHandler, CleanUpHandler, Destroyable, GlobalInfoSupporter, LoggingLevelHandler, LoggingSupporter, OptionHandler, QuickInfoSupporter, ShallowCopySupporter<AbstractConversion>, SizeOfHandler, Stoppable, Conversion, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractInPlaceSpreadSheetConversion, ConvertSpreadSheetRows, SpreadSheetBinarize, SpreadSheetJoinColumns, SpreadSheetSplitColumn, TransposeSpreadSheet

public abstract class AbstractSpreadSheetConversion
extends AbstractConversion

Ancestor for conversion schemes that transform one spreadsheet into another one.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class adams.data.conversion.AbstractConversion

m_Input, m_Output, m_Owner, m_Stopped

Fields inherited from class adams.core.option.AbstractOptionHandler

m_OptionManager

Fields inherited from class adams.core.logging.LoggingObject

m_Logger, m_LoggingIsEnabled, m_LoggingLevel

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractSpreadSheetConversion()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class	accepts()	Returns the class that is accepted as input.
protected abstract SpreadSheet	convert(SpreadSheet input)	Generates the new spreadsheet from the input.
protected Object	doConvert()	Performs the actual conversion.
Class	generates()	Returns the class that is generated as output.

Methods inherited from class adams.data.conversion.AbstractConversion

checkData, cleanUp, convert, getAdditionalInformation, getInput, getInput, getOutput, getOutput, getOwner, getQuickInfo, reset, setInput, setOwner, shallowCopy, shallowCopy, stopExecution

Methods inherited from class adams.core.option.AbstractOptionHandler

cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, destroy, finishInit, getDefaultLoggingLevel, getOptionManager, globalInfo, initialize, loggingLevelTipText, newOptionManager, setLoggingLevel, toCommandLine, toString

Methods inherited from class adams.core.logging.LoggingObject

configureLogger, getLogger, getLoggingLevel, initializeLogging, isLoggingEnabled, sizeOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.logging.LoggingLevelHandler

getLoggingLevel

Constructor Detail

AbstractSpreadSheetConversion

public AbstractSpreadSheetConversion()

Method Detail

accepts

public Class accepts()

Returns the class that is accepted as input.

Specified by:

accepts in interface Conversion

Specified by:

accepts in class AbstractConversion

Returns:

the class

generates

public Class generates()

Returns the class that is generated as output.

Specified by:

generates in interface Conversion

Specified by:

generates in class AbstractConversion

Returns:

the class

convert

protected abstract SpreadSheet convert(SpreadSheet input)
                                throws Exception

Generates the new spreadsheet from the input.

Parameters:

input - the incoming spreadsheet

Returns:

the generated spreadsheet

Throws:

Exception - if conversion fails for some reason

doConvert

protected Object doConvert()
                    throws Exception

Performs the actual conversion.

Specified by:

doConvert in class AbstractConversion

Returns:

the converted data

Throws:

Exception - if something goes wrong with the conversion