org.openimaj.io

Class IOUtils

java.lang.Object

org.openimaj.io.IOUtils

public class IOUtils
extends Object

Methods for reading Readable objects and writing Writeable objects.

Author:

Jonathon Hare (jsh2@ecs.soton.ac.uk), Sina Samangooei (ss@ecs.soton.ac.uk)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
IOUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T extends org.openimaj.io.InternalReadable> T	newInstance(Class<T> cls) Create a new instance of the given class.
static <T extends LanguageModel> T	read(InputStream fis, T obj) Read an instance of an object from an input stream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IOUtils

public IOUtils()

Method Detail

newInstance

public static <T extends org.openimaj.io.InternalReadable> T newInstance(Class<T> cls)

Create a new instance of the given class. The class must have a no-args constructor. The constructor doesn't have to be public.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of object.

Parameters:

cls - The class.

Returns:

a new instance.

read

public static <T extends LanguageModel> T read(InputStream fis,
                                               T obj)
                                        throws IOException

Read an instance of an object from an input stream. The stream is tested to contain the ASCII or binary header and the appropriate read instance is called.

Type Parameters:

T - instance type expected

Parameters:

fis - the input stream

obj - the object to instantiate

Returns:

the object

Throws:

IOException - if there is a problem reading the stream from the file