edu.udo.cs.yale.operator
Class AbstractIOObject

java.lang.Object
  edu.udo.cs.yale.operator.AbstractIOObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

IOObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

ResultObjectAdapter

public abstract class AbstractIOObject
extends java.lang.Object
implements IOObject

This is an abstract superclass for all IOObject. It provides basic implementations for all methods of IOthe interface Object. In addition, it also provides static methods which can be used for reading IOObjects from XML strings and input streams / files containing the XML serialization.

Version:

$Id: AbstractIOObject.java,v 2.1 2006/09/05 22:22:15 ingomierswa Exp $

Author:

Ingo Mierswa

Constructor Summary

AbstractIOObject()

Method Summary

IOObject	copy() Returns not a copy but the very same object.
static IOObject	read(java.io.File file)
static IOObject	read(java.io.InputStream in)
static IOObject	read(java.lang.String xml)
void	write(java.io.File file) Just serializes this object with help of a XMLSerialization.
void	write(java.io.OutputStream out) Just serializes this object with help of a XMLSerialization.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractIOObject

public AbstractIOObject()

Method Detail

copy

public IOObject copy()

Returns not a copy but the very same object. This is ok for IOObjects which cannot be altered after creation. However, IOObjects which might be changed (e.g. ExampleSets) should overwrite this method and return a proper copy.

Specified by:

copy in interface IOObject

write

public final void write(java.io.File file)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Just serializes this object with help of a XMLSerialization.

Specified by:

write in interface IOObject

Throws:

java.io.IOException

write

public final void write(java.io.OutputStream out)

Just serializes this object with help of a XMLSerialization.

Specified by:

write in interface IOObject

read

public static IOObject read(java.lang.String xml)

read

public static IOObject read(java.io.InputStream in)

read

public static IOObject read(java.io.File file)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException