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

Interface StreamFactory

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.AutoCloseable

All Known Implementing Classes:

MultipleFilesOutput, SingleStreamOutput

public interface StreamFactory
extends java.lang.AutoCloseable

Interface for output handling (single file, multiple files, ...)

Note: these classes need to be rewritten. Contributions welcome!

Since:

0.2

Author:

Erich Schubert

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

openStream

java.io.PrintStream openStream(java.lang.String label)
                        throws java.io.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:

java.io.IOException - on IO error

closeStream

void closeStream(java.io.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

close

void close()
    throws java.io.IOException

Close stream factory.

Specified by:

close in interface java.lang.AutoCloseable

Throws:

java.io.IOException