net.sf.tweety.commons

Class Writer

java.lang.Object

net.sf.tweety.commons.Writer

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultCondensedProbabilityDistributionWriter, DefaultProbabilityDistributionWriter

public abstract class Writer
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents an abstract writer for writing objects into the file system.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private java.lang.Object	obj

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getObject() Returns the object of this writer.
void	setObject(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

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

Field Detail

obj

private java.lang.Object obj

Constructor Detail

Writer

public Writer(java.lang.Object obj)

Creates a new writer for the given object.

Parameters:

obj - an object.

Method Detail

setObject

public void setObject(java.lang.Object obj)

Sets the object of this writer.

getObject

public java.lang.Object getObject()

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