org.openml.apiconnector.algorithms

Class Conversion

java.lang.Object

org.openml.apiconnector.algorithms.Conversion

public class Conversion
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Conversion()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int[]	commaSeparatedStringToIntArray(String commaSeparated) Parses a comma separated string to a integer array
static String	fileToString(File f) Reads a file and stores the content in a string
static void	log(String status, String action, String message)
static void	log(String status, String action, String message, PrintStream writer)
static File	stringToTempFile(String string, String filename, String format) Stores a string into a temporarily existing file.
static File	stringToTempFile(String string, String filename, String format, File directory) Stores a string into a temporarily existing file.
static boolean	validateXML(File xml, File xsd) Validates an XML by an XSD

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Conversion

public Conversion()

Method Detail

stringToTempFile

public static File stringToTempFile(String string,
                                    String filename,
                                    String format,
                                    File directory)
                             throws IOException

Stores a string into a temporarily existing file.

Parameters:

string - - The string to store in the file.

filename - - The name of the file.

format - - The extension of the file.

directory - - the tmp directory

Returns:

A pointer to the temp file that was created.

Throws:

IOException - - IO Problem

stringToTempFile

public static File stringToTempFile(String string,
                                    String filename,
                                    String format)
                             throws IOException

Stores a string into a temporarily existing file.

Parameters:

string - - The string to store in the file.

filename - - The name of the file.

format - - The extension of the file.

Returns:

A pointer to the temp file that was created.

Throws:

IOException - - IO Problem

commaSeparatedStringToIntArray

public static int[] commaSeparatedStringToIntArray(String commaSeparated)
                                            throws NumberFormatException

Parses a comma separated string to a integer array

Parameters:

commaSeparated - - the comma separated string to parse

Returns:

the resulting integer array

Throws:

NumberFormatException - - Problem parsing an integer

fileToString

public static String fileToString(File f)
                           throws IOException

Reads a file and stores the content in a string

Parameters:

f - - File pointer to the file that needs to be read. Should be non-binary.

Returns:

A string containing the content of the file.

Throws:

IOException - - IO Problem

log

public static void log(String status,
                       String action,
                       String message)

log

public static void log(String status,
                       String action,
                       String message,
                       PrintStream writer)

validateXML

public static boolean validateXML(File xml,
                                  File xsd)
                           throws SAXException,
                                  IOException

Validates an XML by an XSD

Parameters:

xml - - file with xml contents

xsd - - file with xsd contents

Returns:

whether the xml complies to the xsd schema

Throws:

SAXException - - Something wrong with XML/XSD

IOException - - IO Problem