Package de.uni_trier.wi2.procake.data.io.ser

Class Serializer

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    IO, Writer
    public class Serializer
extends IOImpl
implements Writer

    Serializer class.

    • Constructor Detail

      • Serializer

        public Serializer()

    • Method Detail

      • setFilename

        public void setFilename​(String filename)
        Each writer must be able to write a file to the local filesytem. The filename should be an absolute path.
        Specified by:
        setFilename in interface Writer
        Parameters:
        filename - The filename into which the object should be stored.

      • setOutputStream

        public void setOutputStream​(OutputStream output)
        Each writer must be able to store the object into an OutputStream.
        Specified by:
        setOutputStream in interface Writer
        Parameters:
        output - The OutputStream into that the object should be stored.

      • getName

        public String getName()
        Each io component must have a name that is used in IOFactory.newIO(String). The name must be unique thus it is usefull to use a short description or to the class name ( this.getClass().getName()).
        Specified by:
        getName in interface IO
        Returns:
        Returns the name of the io component.

      • isHandlerFor

        public boolean isHandlerFor​(Class value)
        Checks if the io component is capable to perform the operation for objects of this class.

        A typical implementation looks like: 

         public boolean isHandlerFor(Class value) {
        if (DataObject.class.isAssignableFrom(value))
                return true;
        return false;
 }
        Specified by:
        isHandlerFor in interface IO
        Parameters:
        value - The class that has to be checked.
        Returns:
        Results true if the class can oeprate with the given class.

      • copy

        public IO copy()
        overwritten copy-method from Object; use it to copy a complete operator
        Specified by:
        copy in interface IO
        Returns: