graphlab.gui.plugins.main.saveload.core
Interface GraphReaderInterface

All Known Subinterfaces:

GraphReaderExtension

All Known Implementing Classes:

Load, LoadMatrix

public interface GraphReaderInterface

Author:

azin azadi

Method Summary

boolean	accepts(java.io.File file) Reads the file and enters the data in the graph.
java.lang.String	getExtension() Retrieves the file extension for the file type.
java.lang.String	getName() Retrieves the name of the file type.
void	read(java.io.File file, Graph graph) Reads the file and enters the data in the graph.

Method Detail

accepts

boolean accepts(java.io.File file)

Reads the file and enters the data in the graph. The method gets an empty graph object, and initializes it with the data from the file.

Parameters:

file - the file

Returns:

boolean Indicates whether the file is acceptable for reading.

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Retrieves the name of the file type.

Returns:

the Name

getExtension

java.lang.String getExtension()

Retrieves the file extension for the file type. Example: "xml", "gr".

Returns:

the Extension

read

void read(java.io.File file,
          Graph graph)
          throws GraphIOException

Reads the file and enters the data in the graph. The method gets an empty graph, and initializes it with the data from the file.

Parameters:

file -

graph -

Throws:

GraphIOException - In the case of the reader error.

java.io.IOException - - In the case of the IO error.