spoon.reflect

Interface ModelStreamer

All Known Implementing Classes:

SerializationModelStreamer

public interface ModelStreamer

This interface defines the protocol to save and load a factory and it's associated model through output and input streams.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Factory	load(InputStream in) Loads a factory (and all its associated Java program elements).
void	save(Factory f, OutputStream out) Saves a factory (and all its associated Java program elements).

Method Detail

save

void save(Factory f,
        OutputStream out)
          throws IOException

Saves a factory (and all its associated Java program elements).

Parameters:

f - the factory to be save

out - the used output stream

Throws:

IOException - if some IO error occurs

load

Factory load(InputStream in)
             throws IOException

Loads a factory (and all its associated Java program elements).

Parameters:

in - the used input stream

Returns:

the loaded factory

Throws:

IOException - if some IO error occurs