Writer

java.lang.Object
- org.tweetyproject.commons.Writer

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultCondensedProbabilityDistributionWriter, DefaultProbabilityDistributionWriter, MlWriter, PlWriter
```
public abstract class Writer
extends java.lang.Object
```
This class represents an abstract writer for writing objects into the file system.

Author:

Matthias Thimm, Anna Gessler

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Writer()
Creates a new empty writer.

Writer(java.lang.Object obj)
Creates a new writer for the given object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`getObjectToBePrinted()`	Returns the object of this writer.
`void`	`setObjectToBePrinted(java.lang.Object obj)`	Sets the object of this writer.
`void`	`writeToFile(java.lang.String filename)`	Writes the object into the given file.
`abstract java.lang.String`	`writeToString()`	Writes the object into a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Writer
```
public Writer(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Creates a new writer for the given object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - an object.
  - Writer
```
public Writer()
```
    Creates a new empty writer.
- Method Detail
  - setObjectToBePrinted
```
public void setObjectToBePrinted(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Sets the object of this writer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - some object
  - getObjectToBePrinted
```
public java.lang.Object getObjectToBePrinted()
```
    Returns the object of this writer.
    
    Returns:
    
    the object of this writer.
  - writeToString
```
public abstract java.lang.String writeToString()
```
    Writes the object into a string.
    
    Returns:
    
    the string representing the object.
  - writeToFile
```
public void writeToFile(java.lang.String filename)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Writes the object into the given file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    filename - the name of the file.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an IO issue occurs.