Class AbstractEafWriter

java.lang.Object

org.tweetyproject.arg.eaf.writer.AbstractEafWriter

Direct Known Subclasses:

EafApxWriter, EafCnfWriter, EafTgfWriter

public abstract class AbstractEafWriter
extends Object

Abstract base class for writing EpistemicArgumentationFramework (EAF) instances to different file formats. Subclasses must implement the write method for specific formats. This class also provides a static factory method to retrieve a suitable writer for a given file format. Supported formats include: - TGF - Trivial Graph Format - APX - Argumentation Interchange Format (used by ASPARTIX) - CNF - Conjunctive Normal Form (logic-based encoding) Author: Sandra Hoffmann

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractEafWriter()	Standard constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AbstractEafWriter	getWriter(FileFormat f)	Returns an AbstractEafWriter instance for the specified file format.
abstract void	write(EpistemicArgumentationFramework eaf, File f)	Writes the given epistemic argumentation framework to the specified file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

AbstractEafWriter

public AbstractEafWriter()

Standard constructor.

Method Details

getWriter

public static AbstractEafWriter getWriter(FileFormat f)

Returns an AbstractEafWriter instance for the specified file format.

Parameters:

f - the desired file format

Returns:

a writer for the format, or null if the format is not supported

write

public abstract void write(EpistemicArgumentationFramework eaf,
 File f)
                    throws IOException

Writes the given epistemic argumentation framework to the specified file. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten.

Parameters:

eaf - the epistemic argumentation framework to be written

f - the file to write to

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs during file writing