uk.ac.starlink.topcat.activate

Class DownloadActivationType

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.topcat.activate.DownloadActivationType

All Implemented Interfaces:

ActivationType

public class DownloadActivationType
extends Object
implements ActivationType

Activation type that downloads a URL to local storage.

Since:

9 May 2018

Author:

Mark Taylor

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DownloadActivationType()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ActivatorConfigurator	createConfigurator(TopcatModelInfo tinfo) Returns a component that can be used to configure activators of this type.
static void	download(URL url, String filename, String dir) Copies a remote resource to local storage.
String	getDescription() Description of this activation type.
String	getName() Name of this activation type.
Suitability	getSuitability(TopcatModelInfo tinfo) Indicates the applicability of this activation type to a given table.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DownloadActivationType

public DownloadActivationType()

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: ActivationType

Name of this activation type.

Specified by:

getName in interface ActivationType

Returns:

type name

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Description copied from interface: ActivationType

Description of this activation type.

Specified by:

getDescription in interface ActivationType

Returns:

type description

createConfigurator

public ActivatorConfigurator createConfigurator(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)

Description copied from interface: ActivationType

Returns a component that can be used to configure activators of this type.

Specified by:

createConfigurator in interface ActivationType

Parameters:

tinfo - information about topcat model for which the activation will take place

Returns:

new configurator to produce compatible Activators

getSuitability

public Suitability getSuitability(TopcatModelInfo tinfo)

Description copied from interface: ActivationType

Indicates the applicability of this activation type to a given table.

Specified by:

getSuitability in interface ActivationType

Parameters:

tinfo - information about topcat model

Returns:

suitability code

download

public static void download(URL url,
                            String filename,
                            String dir)
                     throws IOException

Copies a remote resource to local storage.

Parameters:

url - remote resource

filename - relative or absolute name of local file

dir - directory context for filename; may be null

Throws:

IOException