Package adams.data.io.output

Interface IncrementalSpreadSheetWriter

All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, OptionHandler, SpreadSheetWriter, Stoppable, StoppableWithFeedback

All Known Implementing Classes:

AccessSpreadSheetWriter, CsvSpreadSheetWriter, TsvSpreadSheetWriter

public interface IncrementalSpreadSheetWriter
extends SpreadSheetWriter

Interface for writers that allow incremental writing.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isIncremental()	Returns whether the writer can write data incrementally.
boolean	write(Row content, File file)	Writes the given content to the specified file.
boolean	write(Row content, OutputStream stream)	Writes the spreadsheet to the given output stream.
boolean	write(Row content, Writer writer)	Writes the spreadsheet to the given writer.
boolean	write(Row content, String filename)	Writes the spreadsheet to the given file.

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.Destroyable

destroy

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.option.OptionHandler

cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, getOptionManager, toCommandLine

Methods inherited from interface adams.data.io.output.SpreadSheetWriter

getCorrespondingReader, getFormatDescription, getFormatExtensions, reset, write, write, write, write

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.Stoppable

stopExecution

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.StoppableWithFeedback

isStopped

Method Detail

isIncremental

boolean isIncremental()

Returns whether the writer can write data incrementally.

Returns:

true if data can be written incrementally

write

boolean write(Row content,
              File file)

Writes the given content to the specified file.

Parameters:

content - the content to write

file - the file to write to

Returns:

true if successfully written

write

boolean write(Row content,
              String filename)

Writes the spreadsheet to the given file.

Parameters:

content - the spreadsheet to write

filename - the file to write the spreadsheet to

Returns:

true if successfully written

write

boolean write(Row content,
              OutputStream stream)

Writes the spreadsheet to the given output stream. The caller must ensure that the stream gets closed.

Parameters:

content - the spreadsheet to write

stream - the output stream to write the spreadsheet to

Returns:

true if successfully written

write

boolean write(Row content,
              Writer writer)

Writes the spreadsheet to the given writer. The caller must ensure that the writer gets closed.

Parameters:

content - the spreadsheet to write

writer - the writer to write the spreadsheet to

Returns:

true if successfully written