uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.common.tools.file.writer
Interface ADFConverterFileWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ADFConverterFileWriterImpl

public interface ADFConverterFileWriter

Interface for all file format classes used in writing data

Version:

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Author:

Pierre MARGUERITE

See Also:

DataTable

Method Summary

void	closeFile() Closes a data text file
void	isErasable(boolean erase) Sets if a file should be overwritten, if it exists
void	openFile() Opens a data file for writing
void	setAppend(boolean append) sets if the write writes at the end of the file or overwrite it
void	writeLine(DataBuffer line) Write a line in a data file

Method Detail

closeFile

public void closeFile()
               throws java.lang.Exception

Closes a data text file

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs during file closing

isErasable

public void isErasable(boolean erase)

Sets if a file should be overwritten, if it exists

Parameters:

erase - true, if the previous will be erase, false otherwise

openFile

public void openFile()
              throws java.io.IOException

Opens a data file for writing

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs during file writing.

setAppend

public void setAppend(boolean append)

sets if the write writes at the end of the file or overwrite it

Parameters:

append - true, if the data will be written at the end of the data file

writeLine

public void writeLine(DataBuffer line)
               throws java.io.IOException

Write a line in a data file

Parameters:

line - data items in one String

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs during line writing