Method Detail

• getOpener

  default IOPlugin<?> getOpener(String source)
  Gets the most appropriate IOPlugin for opening data from the given location.

• getOpener

  default IOPlugin<?> getOpener(Location source)
  Gets the most appropriate IOPlugin for opening data from the given location.

• getSaver

  default <D> IOPlugin<D> getSaver(D data, String destination)
  Gets the most appropriate IOPlugin for saving data to the given location.

• getSaver

  default <D> IOPlugin<D> getSaver(D data, Location destination)
  Gets the most appropriate IOPlugin for saving data to the given location.

• 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.

• open

  default Object open(Location source) throws IOException
  Loads data from the given location.

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

  Parameters: source - The location 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.

• save

  default void save(Object data, Location destination) throws IOException
  Saves data to the given location.

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

  Parameters: data - The data to be saved to the destination. destination - The destination location 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<Location> getType()
  Description copied from interface: Typed
  Gets the type associated with the object.
  Specified by: getType in interface Typed<Location>