Package adams.data.conversion

Interface ConversionWithInitialization

All Superinterfaces:

CleanUpHandler, Conversion, QuickInfoSupporter, Serializable, Stoppable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractScriptedConversion, Groovy, Scripted

public interface ConversionWithInitialization
extends Conversion

For conversions that require an initialization first.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	requiresSetUp()	Checks whether we still need to perform a setup.
String	setUp()	Performs some initializations.

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.CleanUpHandler

cleanUp

Methods inherited from interface adams.data.conversion.Conversion

accepts, convert, generates, getInput, getInput, getOutput, getOutput, getOwner, setInput, setOwner

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.QuickInfoSupporter

getQuickInfo

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.Stoppable

stopExecution

Method Detail

requiresSetUp

boolean requiresSetUp()

Checks whether we still need to perform a setup.

Returns:

true if setUp() call is necessary

setUp

String setUp()

Performs some initializations.

Returns:

null if successful, otherwise error message