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Interface CollectionWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicCollectionWriter

public interface CollectionWriter

Interface of Collection Writer

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2005

Company: IST, Drexel University

Version:

1.0

Author:

Davis Zhou

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	add(Article article) Adds an article to the collection
void	close() Closes the collection writer and releases all resources.
ArticleParser	getArticleParser() Gets the article parser of the collection writer
void	setArticleParser(ArticleParser parser) Sets the article parser for the collection writer

Method Detail

add

boolean add(Article article)

Adds an article to the collection

Parameters:

article - an article

Returns:

true if the article was added to the collection successfully.

getArticleParser

ArticleParser getArticleParser()

Gets the article parser of the collection writer

Returns:

the article parser used for this collection writer

setArticleParser

void setArticleParser(ArticleParser parser)

Sets the article parser for the collection writer

Parameters:

parser - the article parser

close

void close()

Closes the collection writer and releases all resources.