uk.ac.starlink.mirage
Class MirageTableWriter

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.starlink.table.StreamStarTableWriter
      uk.ac.starlink.mirage.MirageTableWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

StarTableWriter

public class MirageTableWriter
extends StreamStarTableWriter

Constructor Summary

MirageTableWriter()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getFormatName() Gives the name of the format which is written by this writer.
java.lang.String	getMimeType() Returns a string suitable for use as the value of a MIME Content-Type header.
boolean	looksLikeFile(java.lang.String filename) Indicates whether the destination is of a familiar form for this kind of writer.
void	writeStarTable(StarTable startab, java.io.OutputStream out) Writes a StarTable object to a given output stream.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.table.StreamStarTableWriter

writeStarTable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MirageTableWriter

public MirageTableWriter()

Method Detail

writeStarTable

public void writeStarTable(StarTable startab,
                           java.io.OutputStream out)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: StarTableWriter

Writes a StarTable object to a given output stream. The implementation can assume that out is suitable for direct writing (for instance it should not normally wrap it in a BufferedOutputStream), and should not close it at the end of the call.

Not all table writers are capable of writing to a stream; an implementation may throw a TableFormatException to indicate that it cannot do so.

Parameters:

startab - the table to write

out - the output stream to which startab should be written

Throws:

TableFormatException - if this table cannot be written to a stream

java.io.IOException - if there is some I/O error

looksLikeFile

public boolean looksLikeFile(java.lang.String filename)

Description copied from interface: StarTableWriter

Indicates whether the destination is of a familiar form for this kind of writer. This may be used to guess what kind of format a table should be written in. Implementations should return true for values of location which look like the normal form for their output format, for instance one with the usual file extension.

Parameters:

filename - the location name (probably filename)

Returns:

true iff it looks like a file this writer would normally write

getFormatName

public java.lang.String getFormatName()

Description copied from interface: StarTableWriter

Gives the name of the format which is written by this writer. Matching against this string may be used by callers to identify or select this writer from a list.

Returns:

a short string identifying the output format of this writer

getMimeType

public java.lang.String getMimeType()

Description copied from interface: StarTableWriter

Returns a string suitable for use as the value of a MIME Content-Type header. If no suitable MIME type is available or known, one of "application/octet-stream" (for binary formats) or "text/plain" for ASCII ones) is recommended.

Returns:

MIME content type