Package pulse.io.readers

Interface CurveReader

All Superinterfaces:

AbstractHandler, AbstractReader<List<ExperimentalData>>, Reflexive

All Known Implementing Classes:

DATReader, LFRReader, NetzschCSVReader

public interface CurveReader
extends AbstractReader<List<ExperimentalData>>

Basic interface for reading ExperimentalData (which extends HeatingCurve -- hence the name).

In addition to providing the functionality of an AbstractReader, this interface provides specific methods to read and sort multiple ExperimentalData objects.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<ExperimentalData>	read(File file)	Basic operation for reading the file and converting this to a List of ExperimentalData objects.
static List<ExperimentalData>	sort(List<ExperimentalData> array)	Sorts the List of ExperimentalData according to their external IDs (if any).

Methods inherited from interface pulse.io.readers.AbstractHandler

getSupportedExtension, isExtensionSupported

Method Detail

read

List<ExperimentalData> read(File file)
                     throws IOException

Basic operation for reading the file and converting this to a List of ExperimentalData objects.

Specified by:

read in interface AbstractReader<List<ExperimentalData>>

Parameters:

file - a File which has either all information encoded in its contents or provides URI links to other files, each containing the necessary information.

Returns:

a List of ExperimentalData objects associated with this file. In case if file contains only one ExperimentalData, i.e. if the data is only presented for one heating curve taken at a specific temperature after a single laser shot, the size of the List will be equal to unity.

Throws:

IOException - if something goes wrong with reading the file

sort

static List<ExperimentalData> sort(List<ExperimentalData> array)

Sorts the List of ExperimentalData according to their external IDs (if any).

Parameters:

array - an unsorted list of ExperimentalData

Returns:

the same list after sorting