public interface StarTableWriter
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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java.lang.String |
getFormatName()
Gives the name of the format which is written by this writer.
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java.lang.String |
getMimeType()
Returns a string suitable for use as the value of a MIME
Content-Type header.
|
boolean |
looksLikeFile(java.lang.String location)
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.
|
void |
writeStarTable(StarTable startab,
java.lang.String location,
StarTableOutput sto)
Writes a StarTable object to a given location.
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void writeStarTable(StarTable startab, java.io.OutputStream out) throws TableFormatException, java.io.IOException
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.
startab
- the table to writeout
- the output stream to which startab should be
writtenTableFormatException
- if this table cannot be written to a
streamjava.io.IOException
- if there is some I/O errorvoid writeStarTable(StarTable startab, java.lang.String location, StarTableOutput sto) throws TableFormatException, java.io.IOException
StreamStarTableWriter
provides a suitable implementation
for this case.startab
- table to writelocation
- destination for startabsto
- StarTableOutput which dispatched this requestTableFormatException
- if startab cannot be written
to locationjava.io.IOException
- if there is some I/O errorboolean looksLikeFile(java.lang.String location)
location
- the location name (probably filename)java.lang.String getFormatName()
java.lang.String getMimeType()
application/octet-stream
"
(for binary formats) or "text/plain
" for ASCII ones)
is recommended.