visad.data

Interface DataWriter

All Superinterfaces:

DataProcessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinaryWriter, EmptyDataWriter

public interface DataWriter
extends DataProcessor

Standard routines used to write a Data object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Close the file
void	flush() Flush all data to disk.
void	setFile(File file) Open the specified file.
void	setFile(String name) Open the named file.

Methods inherited from interface visad.data.DataProcessor

process, processDoubleSet, processFieldImpl, processFlatField, processFloatSet, processGridded1DDoubleSet, processGridded1DSet, processGridded2DDoubleSet, processGridded2DSet, processGridded3DDoubleSet, processGridded3DSet, processGriddedSet, processInteger1DSet, processInteger2DSet, processInteger3DSet, processIntegerNDSet, processIrregular1DSet, processIrregular2DSet, processIrregular3DSet, processIrregularSet, processLinear1DSet, processLinear2DSet, processLinear3DSet, processLinearLatLonSet, processLinearNDSet, processList1DSet, processProductSet, processReal, processRealTuple, processSampledSet, processSimpleSet, processSingletonSet, processText, processTuple, processUnionSet, processUnknownData

Method Detail

close

void close()
    throws IOException

Close the file

Throws:

IOException - If there is a problem.

flush

void flush()
    throws IOException

Flush all data to disk.

Throws:

IOException - If there is a problem.

setFile

void setFile(String name)
      throws IOException

Open the named file. If a file is already being written to, all data will be flushed and the file will be closed.

Parameters:

name - The path used to open the file.

Throws:

IOException - If there is a problem.

setFile

void setFile(File file)
      throws IOException

Open the specified file. If a file is already being written to, all data will be flushed and the file will be closed.

Parameters:

file - The file.

Throws:

IOException - If there is a problem.