nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property
Class FileFactory

java.lang.Object
  nz.ac.waikato.mcennis.rat.graph.property.FileFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyValueFactory<java.io.File>

public class FileFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements PropertyValueFactory<java.io.File>

Class for serializing and deserializing java.io.File objects

Constructor Summary

FileFactory()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	exportToString(java.io.File type, Graph g) Create a string representing the contents of this object.
java.io.File	importFromString(java.lang.String data, Graph g) Create an instance of this type from a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileFactory

public FileFactory()

Method Detail

importFromString

public java.io.File importFromString(java.lang.String data,
                                     Graph g)

Description copied from interface: PropertyValueFactory

Create an instance of this type from a string.

Specified by:

importFromString in interface PropertyValueFactory<java.io.File>

Parameters:

data - string containing the data used to create the object

g - graph context of the string

Returns:

newly constructed object

exportToString

public java.lang.String exportToString(java.io.File type,
                                       Graph g)

Description copied from interface: PropertyValueFactory

Create a string representing the contents of this object.

Specified by:

exportToString in interface PropertyValueFactory<java.io.File>

Parameters:

type - object to be serialized

g - graph context of the object

Returns:

string representing the content of the object