Package opennlp.tools.util.model

Interface ArtifactSerializer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BrownCluster.BrownClusterSerializer, ByteArraySerializer, ChunkerModelSerializer, DictionarySerializer, GenericModelSerializer, POSModelSerializer, POSTaggerFactory.POSDictionarySerializer, WordClusterDictionary.WordClusterDictionarySerializer

public interface ArtifactSerializer<T>

Responsible to create an artifact from an InputStream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	create(InputStream in)	Creates the artifact from the provided InputStream.
void	serialize(T artifact, OutputStream out)	Serializes the artifact to the provided OutputStream.

Method Details

create

T create(InputStream in)
  throws IOException

Creates the artifact from the provided InputStream. The InputStream remains open.

Returns:

the artifact

Throws:

IOException

serialize

void serialize(T artifact,
 OutputStream out)
        throws IOException

Serializes the artifact to the provided OutputStream. The OutputStream remains open.

Parameters:

artifact -

out -

Throws:

IOException