Package adams.data.io.output

Interface NestedFlowWriter

All Superinterfaces:

Destroyable, FileFormatHandler, FlowWriter, OptionHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNestedFlowWriter, DefaultFlowWriter

public interface NestedFlowWriter
extends FlowWriter

Interface for flow writers that support the faster nested format.

Author:

FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	write(List content, File file)	Writes the given nested format to the specified file.
boolean	write(List content, OutputStream stream)	Writes the nested format to the given output stream.
boolean	write(List content, String filename)	Writes the nested format to 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.data.io.output.FlowWriter

getCorrespondingReader, write, write, write, write

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.option.OptionHandler

cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, getOptionManager, toCommandLine

Method Detail

write

boolean write(List content,
              File file)

Writes the given nested format to the specified file.

Parameters:

content - the content to write

file - the file to write to

Returns:

true if successfully written

write

boolean write(List content,
              String filename)

Writes the nested format to the given file.

Parameters:

content - the content to write

filename - the file to write the content to

Returns:

true if successfully written

write

boolean write(List content,
              OutputStream stream)

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

Parameters:

content - the content to write

stream - the output stream to write the content to

Returns:

true if successfully written