edu.pdx.cs399J.family
Class TextDumper

java.lang.Object
  edu.pdx.cs399J.family.TextDumper

All Implemented Interfaces:

Dumper

public class TextDumper
extends Object
implements Dumper

This class dumps a family tree to a destination (for example, a file) in a text-based format that is meant to be parsed by a TextParser. It is not necessarily human-readable.

Author:

David Whitlock

See Also:

TextParser

Constructor Summary

TextDumper(File file)
Creates a new text dumper that dumps to a given file.

TextDumper(PrintWriter pw)
Creates a new text dumper that prints to a PrintWriter.

TextDumper(String fileName)
Creates a new text dumper that dumps to a file of a given name.

Method Summary

void	dump(FamilyTree tree) Dumps the contents of a family tree to the desired desitination.
static void	main(String[] args) Test program.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TextDumper

public TextDumper(String fileName)
           throws IOException

Creates a new text dumper that dumps to a file of a given name. If the file does not exist, it is created.

Throws:

IOException

TextDumper

public TextDumper(File file)
           throws IOException

Creates a new text dumper that dumps to a given file.

Throws:

IOException

TextDumper

public TextDumper(PrintWriter pw)

Creates a new text dumper that prints to a PrintWriter. This way, we can dump to destinations other than files.

Method Detail

dump

public void dump(FamilyTree tree)

Dumps the contents of a family tree to the desired desitination.

Specified by:

dump in interface Dumper

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Test program. Create a simple family tree and dump it to the file specified by the first argument.