edu.iu.iv.modeling.tarl.output
Interface OutputWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultOutputWriter

public interface OutputWriter

This interface defines methods to write the output of the model to the file system. The interface supports output in the form of Pajek files and Data Files.

Author:

Jeegar T Maru

See Also:

PublicationGroup, AuthorGroup, TopicGroup

Method Summary

void	initialize(PublicationGroup publicationGroup, AuthorGroup authorGroup, TopicGroup topicGroup) Initializes the OutputWriter with the given publications, authors and topics
void	writeDataFiles(java.lang.String folderPath) Writes out the Data Files to the file system in the given folder
void	writePajekFiles(java.lang.String folderPath) Writes out Pajek Files to the file system in the given folder

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(PublicationGroup publicationGroup,
                       AuthorGroup authorGroup,
                       TopicGroup topicGroup)

Initializes the OutputWriter with the given publications, authors and topics

Parameters:

publicationGroup - Specifies the group of all the publications for the model

authorGroup - Specifies the group of all authors for the model

topicGroup - Specifies the group of all topics for the model

writePajekFiles

public void writePajekFiles(java.lang.String folderPath)
                     throws java.io.FileNotFoundException

Writes out Pajek Files to the file system in the given folder

Parameters:

folderPath - Specifies the location of the folder for the output files

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the files cannot be written to the file system

writeDataFiles

public void writeDataFiles(java.lang.String folderPath)
                    throws java.io.FileNotFoundException

Writes out the Data Files to the file system in the given folder

Parameters:

folderPath - Specifies the location of the folder for the output files

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if the files cannot be written to the file system