org.gephi.io.importer.spi

Interface FileImporterBuilder

All Superinterfaces:

ImporterBuilder

public interface FileImporterBuilder
extends ImporterBuilder

Importer builder specific for FileImporter.

Author:

Mathieu Bastian

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FileImporter	buildImporter() Builds a new file importer instance, ready to be used.
FileType[]	getFileTypes() Get default file types this importer can deal with.
boolean	isMatchingImporter(org.openide.filesystems.FileObject fileObject) Returns true if this importer can import fileObject.

Methods inherited from interface org.gephi.io.importer.spi.ImporterBuilder

getName

Method Detail

buildImporter

FileImporter buildImporter()

Builds a new file importer instance, ready to be used.

Specified by:

buildImporter in interface ImporterBuilder

Returns:

a new file importer

getFileTypes

FileType[] getFileTypes()

Get default file types this importer can deal with.

Returns:

an array of file types this importer can read

isMatchingImporter

boolean isMatchingImporter(org.openide.filesystems.FileObject fileObject)

Returns true if this importer can import fileObject. Called from controllers to identify dynamically which importers can be used for a particular file format.

Use FileObject.getExt() to retrieve file extension. Matching can be done not only with metadata but also with file content. The fileObject can be read in that way.

Parameters:

fileObject - the file in input

Returns:

true if the importer is compatible with fileObject or false otherwise