uno.informatics.common.io

Interface TableWriter

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Reader

All Known Subinterfaces:

ColumnWriter, RowWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

TextFileRowWriter

public interface TableWriter
extends Reader

Writes to a data source in one step

Author:

Guy Davenport

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	newColumn() Creates a new column in the data source
boolean	newRow() Creates a new row in the data source
void	writeCell(Object cell) Writes the value in the current cell of the data source
void	writeCells(List<List<Object>> cells) Write all cells to the data source in one step
void	writeCellsAsArray(Object[][] cells) Write all cells to the data source in one step

Methods inherited from interface uno.informatics.common.io.Reader

close, ready

Method Detail

newRow

boolean newRow()
        throws IOException

Creates a new row in the data source

Returns:

true if the row was created, false otherwise

Throws:

IOException - if a new row can not be created

newColumn

boolean newColumn()
           throws IOException

Creates a new column in the data source

Returns:

true if the column was created, false otherwise

Throws:

IOException - if a new column can not be created

writeCell

void writeCell(Object cell)
        throws IOException

Writes the value in the current cell of the data source

Parameters:

cell - value

Throws:

IOException - if the data can not be written

writeCells

void writeCells(List<List<Object>> cells)
         throws IOException

Write all cells to the data source in one step

Parameters:

cells - the cells to be written to the data source

Throws:

IOException - if the data can not be written

writeCellsAsArray

void writeCellsAsArray(Object[][] cells)
                throws IOException

Write all cells to the data source in one step

Parameters:

cells - the cells to be written to the data source

Throws:

IOException - if the data can not be written