de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.result.textwriter

Interface StreamFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

MultipleFilesOutput, SingleStreamOutput

public interface StreamFactory

Interface for output handling (single file, multiple files, ...) Note: these classes need to be rewritten. Contributions welcome!

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	closeStream(PrintStream stream) Close the given output stream (Note: when writing to a single stream output, it will actually not be closed!)
PrintStream	openStream(String label) Retrieve a print stream for output using the given label.

Method Detail

openStream

PrintStream openStream(String label)
                       throws IOException

Retrieve a print stream for output using the given label. Note that multiple labels MAY result in the same PrintStream, so you should be printing to only one stream at a time to avoid mixing outputs.

Parameters:

label - Output label.

Returns:

stream object for the given label

Throws:

IOException - on IO error

closeStream

void closeStream(PrintStream stream)

Close the given output stream (Note: when writing to a single stream output, it will actually not be closed!)

Parameters:

stream - Stream to close