Package org.tweetyproject.commons

Class Writer

java.lang.Object

org.tweetyproject.commons.Writer

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultCondensedProbabilityDistributionWriter, DefaultProbabilityDistributionWriter, MlWriter, PlWriter

public abstract class Writer
extends 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(Object obj)	Creates a new writer for the given object.

Method Summary

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

Writer

public Writer(Object obj)

Creates a new writer for the given object.

Parameters:

obj - an object.

Writer

public Writer()

Creates a new empty writer.

Method Details

setObjectToBePrinted

public void setObjectToBePrinted(Object obj)

Sets the object of this writer.

Parameters:

obj - some object

getObjectToBePrinted

public Object getObjectToBePrinted()

Returns the object of this writer.

Returns:

the object of this writer.

writeToString

public abstract String writeToString()

Writes the object into a string.

Returns:

the string representing the object.

writeToFile

public void writeToFile(String filename)
                 throws IOException

Writes the object into the given file.

Parameters:

filename - the name of the file.

Throws:

IOException - if an IO issue occurs.