Package opennlp.tools.util.model

Class DictionarySerializer

java.lang.Object

opennlp.tools.util.model.DictionarySerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

ArtifactSerializer<Dictionary>

public class DictionarySerializer
extends Object
implements ArtifactSerializer<Dictionary>

An ArtifactSerializer implementation for dictionaries.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DictionarySerializer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Dictionary	create(InputStream in)	Creates an artifact from the provided InputStream.
void	serialize(Dictionary dictionary, OutputStream out)	Serializes an artifact to the provided OutputStream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DictionarySerializer

public DictionarySerializer()

Method Detail

create

public Dictionary create(InputStream in)
                  throws IOException

Description copied from interface: ArtifactSerializer

Creates an artifact from the provided InputStream.

Note: The InputStream remains open.

Specified by:

create in interface ArtifactSerializer<Dictionary>

Parameters:

in - A valid, open InputStream ready to read from.

Returns:

A valid artifact.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if IO errors occurred during creation.

serialize

public void serialize(Dictionary dictionary,
                      OutputStream out)
               throws IOException

Description copied from interface: ArtifactSerializer

Serializes an artifact to the provided OutputStream.

Note: The OutputStream remains open.

Specified by:

serialize in interface ArtifactSerializer<Dictionary>

Parameters:

dictionary - A valid artifact.

out - A valid, open OutputStream ready to write to.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if IO errors occurred during serialization.