org.scijava.io

Interface IOService

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Prioritized>, Contextual, Disposable, HandlerService<String,IOPlugin<?>>, HasPluginInfo, Identifiable, Initializable, Locatable, Logged, Prioritized, PTService<IOPlugin<?>>, RichPlugin, SciJavaPlugin, SciJavaService, Service, SingletonService<IOPlugin<?>>, Typed<String>, TypedService<String,IOPlugin<?>>, Versioned

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultIOService

public interface IOService
extends HandlerService<String,IOPlugin<?>>, SciJavaService

Interface for high-level data I/O: opening and saving data.

Author:

Curtis Rueden

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default IOPlugin<?>	getOpener(String source) Gets the most appropriate IOPlugin for opening data from the given source.
default Class<IOPlugin<?>>	getPluginType() Gets the type of plugins managed by this service.
default <D> IOPlugin<D>	getSaver(D data, String destination) Gets the most appropriate IOPlugin for saving data to the given destination.
default Class<String>	getType() Gets the type associated with the object.
Object	open(String source) Loads data from the given source.
void	save(Object data, String destination) Saves data to the given destination.

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.HandlerService

getHandler, getInstances, supports

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.SingletonService

create, filterInstances, getInstance, initialize, objectService

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.TypedService

find

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.PTService

getPlugins, getPluginService, pluginService

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.service.Service

registerEventHandlers

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.RichPlugin

getIdentifier, log

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Contextual

context, getContext, setContext

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Prioritized

compareTo, getPriority, setPriority

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.HasPluginInfo

getInfo, setInfo

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Locatable

getLocation

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Versioned

getVersion

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Disposable

dispose

Method Detail

getOpener

default IOPlugin<?> getOpener(String source)

Gets the most appropriate IOPlugin for opening data from the given source.

getSaver

default <D> IOPlugin<D> getSaver(D data,
                                 String destination)

Gets the most appropriate IOPlugin for saving data to the given destination.

open

Object open(String source)
     throws IOException

Loads data from the given source. For extensibility, the nature of the source is left intentionally general, but two common examples include file paths and URLs.

The opener to use is automatically determined based on available IOPlugins; see getOpener(String).

Parameters:

source - The source (e.g., file path) from which to data should be loaded.

Returns:

An object representing the loaded data, or null if the source is not supported.

Throws:

IOException - if something goes wrong loading the data.

save

void save(Object data,
          String destination)
   throws IOException

Saves data to the given destination. The nature of the destination is left intentionally general, but the most common example is a file path.

The saver to use is automatically determined based on available IOPlugins; see getSaver(Object, String).

Parameters:

data - The data to be saved to the destination.

destination - The destination (e.g., file path) to which data should be saved.

Throws:

IOException - if something goes wrong saving the data.

getPluginType

default Class<IOPlugin<?>> getPluginType()

Description copied from interface: PTService

Gets the type of plugins managed by this service.

Specified by:

getPluginType in interface PTService<IOPlugin<?>>

getType

default Class<String> getType()

Description copied from interface: Typed

Gets the type associated with the object.

Specified by:

getType in interface Typed<String>