AbstractHandler (PULsE 1.98 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Reflexive

All Known Subinterfaces:

AbstractPopulator<T>, AbstractReader<T>, CurveReader, DatasetReader, PulseDataReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

ButcherTableauReader, DATReader, LFRReader, MetaFilePopulator, NetzschCSVReader, NetzschPulseCSVReader, QuadratureReader, TBLReader
```
public interface AbstractHandler
extends Reflexive
```
There are two types of AbstractHandlers, which are used to either update/populate existing objects or convert data into new objects of a given type. The superclass contains basic methods of checking compliance to a pre-set extension.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static boolean`	`extensionsMatch(File file, String extension)`	Checks if the file suffix for `file` matches the `extension`.
`String`	`getSupportedExtension()`	Retrieves the supported extension of files, which this `AbstractHandler` is able to process.
`default boolean`	`isExtensionSupported(File file)`	Invokes `extensionMatch` with the second argument set as `getSupportedExtension()`.

- Method Detail
  - getSupportedExtension
```
String getSupportedExtension()
```
    Retrieves the supported extension of files, which this AbstractHandler is able to process.
    
    Returns:
    
    a String (usually, lower-case) containing the supported extension.
  - extensionsMatch
```
static boolean extensionsMatch(File file,
                               String extension)
```
    Checks if the file suffix for file matches the extension.
    
    Parameters:
    
    file - the File to process
    
    extension - a String, which needs to be checked against the suffix of File
    
    Returns:
    
    false if file is a directory or if it has a suffix different from extension. True otherwise.
  - isExtensionSupported
```
default boolean isExtensionSupported(File file)
```
    Invokes extensionMatch with the second argument set as getSupportedExtension().
    
    Parameters:
    
    file - the file to be checked
    
    Returns:
    
    true if extensions match, false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    extensionsMatch(java.io.File,java.lang.String), getSupportedExtension()