Package adams.gui.tools.wekamultiexperimenter.io

Class AbstractExperimentIO<T>

java.lang.Object

adams.core.logging.LoggingObject

adams.core.logging.CustomLoggingLevelObject

adams.core.option.AbstractOptionHandler

adams.gui.tools.wekamultiexperimenter.io.AbstractExperimentIO<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of experiment

All Implemented Interfaces:

Destroyable, GlobalInfoSupporter, LoggingLevelHandler, LoggingSupporter, OptionHandler, SizeOfHandler, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractAdamsExperimentIO, AbstractWekaExperimentIO

public abstract class AbstractExperimentIO<T>
extends AbstractOptionHandler

Ancestor for classes that handle loading/saving of experiments.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected BaseFileChooser	m_FileChooser	the filechooser for experiments.

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
AbstractExperimentIO()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract T	create()	Creates a new experiment.
protected abstract BaseFileChooser	createFileChooser()	Creates and returns a file chooser for loading/saving experiments.
abstract AbstractExperimentRunner	createRunner(ExperimenterPanel owner)	Creates an experiment runner thread object.
abstract Class	getExperimentClass()	Returns the experiment superclass/interface.
BaseFileChooser	getFileChooser()	Returns the file chooser to use.
abstract String[]	getSupportedFileExtensions(boolean read)	Returns the supported file extensions.
abstract T	load(File file)	Loads an experiment.
abstract boolean	save(T exp, File file)	Saves an experiment.

Methods inherited from class adams.core.option.AbstractOptionHandler

cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, destroy, finishInit, getDefaultLoggingLevel, getOptionManager, globalInfo, initialize, loggingLevelTipText, newOptionManager, reset, 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

Field Detail

m_FileChooser

protected BaseFileChooser m_FileChooser

the filechooser for experiments.

Constructor Detail

AbstractExperimentIO

public AbstractExperimentIO()

Method Detail

createFileChooser

protected abstract BaseFileChooser createFileChooser()

Creates and returns a file chooser for loading/saving experiments.

Returns:

the file chooser

getFileChooser

public BaseFileChooser getFileChooser()

Returns the file chooser to use.

Returns:

the file chooser

create

public abstract T create()

Creates a new experiment.

Returns:

the generated experiment, null if failed

load

public abstract T load(File file)

Loads an experiment.

Parameters:

file - the file to load

Returns:

the experiment, null if failed to load

save

public abstract boolean save(T exp,
                             File file)

Saves an experiment.

Parameters:

exp - the experiment to save

file - the file to save to

Returns:

false if failed to save

createRunner

public abstract AbstractExperimentRunner createRunner(ExperimenterPanel owner)
                                               throws Exception

Creates an experiment runner thread object.

Parameters:

owner - the owning experimenter

Returns:

the runner

Throws:

Exception - if failed to instantiate runner

getExperimentClass

public abstract Class getExperimentClass()

Returns the experiment superclass/interface.

Returns:

the super class/interface

getSupportedFileExtensions

public abstract String[] getSupportedFileExtensions(boolean read)

Returns the supported file extensions.

Parameters:

read - whether for reading or writing

Returns:

the extensions (no dot)