net.sf.tweety.commons

Class Writer

java.lang.Object

net.sf.tweety.commons.Writer

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

Method Summary

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

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

Constructor Detail

Writer

public Writer(Object obj)

Creates a new writer for the given object.

Parameters:

obj - an object.

Method Detail

setObject

public void setObject(Object obj)

Sets the object of this writer.

getObject

public Object getObject()

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