org.geotools.graph.io
Interface GraphReaderWriter

All Known Subinterfaces:

FileReaderWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractReaderWriter, SerializedReaderWriter, TextfileReaderWriter

public interface GraphReaderWriter

Reads and writes features to and from some permanent form.

Author:

Justin Deoliveira, Refractions Research Inc, jdeolive@refractions.net

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String name) Returns a property for the reader/writer.
Graph	read() Creates a Graph from some permanent representation.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object obj) Sets a property for the reader/writer.
void	write(Graph g) Writes the graph to a permanent representation.

Method Detail

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.Object obj)

Sets a property for the reader/writer.

Parameters:

name - Name of the property.

obj - Value of the property.

getProperty

public java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String name)

Returns a property for the reader/writer. This method will return null if the property has not been set with a call to setProperty(String,Object).

Parameters:

name - Name of the property.

Returns:

Value of the property or null if the property is undefined.

read

public Graph read()
           throws java.lang.Exception

Creates a Graph from some permanent representation.

Returns:

The represented graph.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

write

public void write(Graph g)
           throws java.lang.Exception

Writes the graph to a permanent representation.

Parameters:

g - The graph to be

Throws:

java.lang.Exception