uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.common.tools.file.writer
Class PlainTextFileWriter

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.common.tools.file.writer.ADFConverterFileWriterImpl
      uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.common.tools.file.writer.PlainTextFileWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ADFConverterFileWriter

Direct Known Subclasses:

PlainTextDataFileWriter

public class PlainTextFileWriter

extends ADFConverterFileWriterImpl

Interface for all file format classes used in writing data

Version:

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Author:

Pierre MARGUERITE

See Also:

DataTable

Constructor Summary

PlainTextFileWriter(java.io.File datafile)
Create an instance of a file writer for a give file

PlainTextFileWriter(java.io.File datafile, java.lang.String enc)
Create an instance of a file writer for a give file with a given Java character encoding

Method Summary

void	clear() Finalization method that closes the file descriptor.
void	closeFile() Closes a data text file.
void	openFile() Opens a data file for reading or writing
void	writeLine(DataBuffer line) Retrieves a line from a data file Only when termination requirements have been met, the method should return a String object.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.ebi.adfconverter.common.tools.file.writer.ADFConverterFileWriterImpl

isErasable, setAppend

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PlainTextFileWriter

public PlainTextFileWriter(java.io.File datafile)

Create an instance of a file writer for a give file

Parameters:

datafile - a file to write into

PlainTextFileWriter

public PlainTextFileWriter(java.io.File datafile,
                           java.lang.String enc)

Create an instance of a file writer for a give file with a given Java character encoding

Parameters:

datafile - a file to write

enc - a specific Java character encoding for writing

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()

Finalization method that closes the file descriptor. This would work only if JVM is current (1.3 or later?).

Overrides:

clear in class ADFConverterFileWriterImpl

closeFile

public void closeFile()

Closes a data text file.

Specified by:

closeFile in interface ADFConverterFileWriter

Specified by:

closeFile in class ADFConverterFileWriterImpl

openFile

public void openFile()
              throws java.io.IOException

Opens a data file for reading or writing

Specified by:

openFile in interface ADFConverterFileWriter

Specified by:

openFile in class ADFConverterFileWriterImpl

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs

writeLine

public void writeLine(DataBuffer line)

Retrieves a line from a data file Only when termination requirements have been met, the method should return a String object.

Specified by:

writeLine in interface ADFConverterFileWriter

Specified by:

writeLine in class ADFConverterFileWriterImpl

Parameters:

line - containing data items in one String