FlowReader (adams-pom 24.12.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, FileFormatHandler, OptionHandler

All Known Subinterfaces:

NestedFlowReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFlowReader, AbstractNestedFlowReader, DefaultFlowReader, JsonFlowReader
```
public interface FlowReader
extends OptionHandler, FileFormatHandler
```
Interface for flow readers.

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`FlowWriter`	`getCorrespondingWriter()`	Returns the corresponding writer, if available.
`MessageCollection`	`getErrors()`	Returns any errors that were encountered while reading.
`MessageCollection`	`getWarnings()`	Returns any warnings that were encountered while reading.
`Actor`	`readActor(File file)`	Reads the flow from the specified file.
`Actor`	`readActor(InputStream stream)`	Reads the flow from the stream.
`Actor`	`readActor(Reader r)`	Reads the flow from the given reader.
`Actor`	`readActor(String filename)`	Reads the flow from the given file.

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.Destroyable
destroy

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.io.FileFormatHandler
getDefaultFormatExtension, getFormatDescription, getFormatExtensions

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.option.OptionHandler
cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, getOptionManager, toCommandLine

- Method Detail
  - readActor
```
Actor readActor(File file)
```
    Reads the flow from the specified file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    file - the file to read from
    
    Returns:
    
    null in case of an error, otherwise the flow
  - readActor
```
Actor readActor(String filename)
```
    Reads the flow from the given file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    filename - the file to read from
    
    Returns:
    
    the flow or null in case of an error
  - readActor
```
Actor readActor(InputStream stream)
```
    Reads the flow from the stream. The caller must ensure to close the stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    stream - the stream to read from
    
    Returns:
    
    the flow or null in case of an error
  - readActor
```
Actor readActor(Reader r)
```
    Reads the flow from the given reader. The caller must ensure to close the reader.
    
    Parameters:
    
    r - the reader to read from
    
    Returns:
    
    the flow or null in case of an error
  - getWarnings
```
MessageCollection getWarnings()
```
    Returns any warnings that were encountered while reading.
    
    Returns:
    
    the warnings
  - getErrors
```
MessageCollection getErrors()
```
    Returns any errors that were encountered while reading.
    
    Returns:
    
    the errors
  - getCorrespondingWriter
```
FlowWriter getCorrespondingWriter()
```
    Returns the corresponding writer, if available.
    
    Returns:
    
    the writer, null if none available