prefuse.data.io
Class AbstractTableReader

java.lang.Object
  prefuse.data.io.AbstractTableReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

TableReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractTextTableReader

public abstract class AbstractTableReader

extends java.lang.Object

implements TableReader

Abstract base class implementation of the TableReader interface. Provides implementations for all but the TableReader.readTable(InputStream) method.

Author:

jeffrey heer

Constructor Summary

AbstractTableReader()

Method Summary

Table	readTable(java.io.File f) Read in a table from the given File.
Table	readTable(java.lang.String location) Read in a table from the file at the given location.
Table	readTable(java.net.URL url) Read in a table from the given URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface prefuse.data.io.TableReader

readTable

Constructor Detail

AbstractTableReader

public AbstractTableReader()

Method Detail

readTable

public Table readTable(java.lang.String location)
                throws DataIOException

Description copied from interface: TableReader

Read in a table from the file at the given location. Though not required by this interface, the String is typically resolved using the IOLib.streamFromString(String) method, allowing URLs, classpath references, and files on the file system to be accessed.

Specified by:

readTable in interface TableReader

Parameters:

location - the location to read the table from

Returns:

the loaded Table

Throws:

DataIOException

See Also:

TableReader.readTable(java.lang.String)

readTable

public Table readTable(java.net.URL url)
                throws DataIOException

Description copied from interface: TableReader

Read in a table from the given URL.

Specified by:

readTable in interface TableReader

Parameters:

url - the url to read the graph from

Returns:

the loaded Table

Throws:

DataIOException

See Also:

TableReader.readTable(java.net.URL)

readTable

public Table readTable(java.io.File f)
                throws DataIOException

Description copied from interface: TableReader

Read in a table from the given File.

Specified by:

readTable in interface TableReader

Parameters:

f - the file to read the table from

Returns:

the loaded Table

Throws:

DataIOException

See Also:

TableReader.readTable(java.io.File)