Persister

All Known Implementing Classes:: DefaultFilePersister, XMLPersister

public interface Persister

Created on 2005-03-30

Version:: $Id: Persister.java,v 1.7 2005-07-05 14:53:26 marius Exp $
Author:: Christopher Butler, Mateusz Szczap

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

PerspectiveModel

load(InputStream is)

Deserializes PerspectiveInfo from the supplied data stream.

boolean

store(OutputStream os, PerspectiveModel perspectiveInfo)

Serializes PerspectiveInfo to the supplied data stream.

Method Details
- store
  
  boolean store(OutputStream os, PerspectiveModel perspectiveInfo) throws IOException, PersistenceException
  
  Serializes PerspectiveInfo to the supplied data stream.
  
  Parameters:
  
  os - OutputStream to persist perspectiveInfo to.
  
  perspectiveInfo - data object to be persisted
  
  Returns:
  
  true when there was no problem with persisting the perspectiveInfo object.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - in case of input/output problem.
  
  PersistenceException
- load
  
  PerspectiveModel load(InputStream is) throws IOException, PersistenceException
  
  Deserializes PerspectiveInfo from the supplied data stream.
  
  Parameters:
  
  is - InputStream to load perspectiveInfo from.
  
  Returns:
  
  true when there was no problem with persisting the perspectiveInfo object.
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException - in case of input/output problem.
  
  PersistenceException