org.bs.mdi
Interface FileIOModule

All Known Subinterfaces:

FileExporter, FileLoader, FileSaver

public interface FileIOModule

An interface for modules performing file I/O.

Method Summary

boolean	canHandle(String filename) Returns true if the given filename can be used for I/O by this module.
String	getDescription() Returns a textual description of this file I/O module.
FileFormat[]	getSupportedFormats() Returns a list of file formats which are supported by this module.

Method Detail

getSupportedFormats

public FileFormat[] getSupportedFormats()

Returns a list of file formats which are supported by this module.

Returns:

the file format list

canHandle

public boolean canHandle(String filename)

Returns true if the given filename can be used for I/O by this module.

Parameters:

filename - the filename

Returns:

true if this module can perform I/O in this filename, false otherwise

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns a textual description of this file I/O module. This can be, for example, "HTML file exporter".

Returns:

the module description