org.scijava.text
Interface TextService

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Prioritized>, Contextual, Disposable, HandlerService<File,TextFormat>, HasPluginInfo, Prioritized, PTService<TextFormat>, RichPlugin, SciJavaPlugin, SciJavaService, Service, SingletonService<TextFormat>, Typed<File>, TypedService<File,TextFormat>

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultTextService

public interface TextService
extends HandlerService<File,TextFormat>, SciJavaService

Interface for service that works with text formats.

Author:

Curtis Rueden

Method Summary

String	asHTML(File file) Expresses the given text string as HTML.
TextFormat	getHandler(File file) Gets the text format which best handles the given file.
List<TextFormat>	getInstances() Gets the list of available text formats.
String	open(File file) Reads the data from the given file into a string.
boolean	supports(File file) Gets whether the given file contains text data in a supported format.

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.SingletonService

getInstance

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.PTService

create, getPlugins, getPluginService, getPluginType

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.service.Service

initialize, registerEventHandlers

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Contextual

context, getContext, setContext

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Prioritized

getPriority, setPriority

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.HasPluginInfo

getInfo, setInfo

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Disposable

dispose

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Typed

getType

Method Detail

open

String open(File file)
            throws IOException

Reads the data from the given file into a string.

Throws:

IOException

asHTML

String asHTML(File file)
              throws IOException

Expresses the given text string as HTML.

Throws:

IOException

getHandler

TextFormat getHandler(File file)

Gets the text format which best handles the given file.

Specified by:

getHandler in interface HandlerService<File,TextFormat>

getInstances

List<TextFormat> getInstances()

Gets the list of available text formats.

Specified by:

getInstances in interface HandlerService<File,TextFormat>

Specified by:

getInstances in interface SingletonService<TextFormat>

supports

boolean supports(File file)

Gets whether the given file contains text data in a supported format.

Specified by:

supports in interface HandlerService<File,TextFormat>

Specified by:

supports in interface Typed<File>