com.huguesjohnson.serialization
Interface Formatter

All Known Implementing Classes:

XmlFormatter

public interface Formatter

Formatter - interface for writing a Storable object to a physical representation

Author:

Hugues Johnson

Method Summary

Storable	loadFrom(java.lang.String sourcePath) Loads an object from the specified source path.
void	saveTo(Storable object, java.lang.String outputPath) Saves the object to the output path.

Method Detail

saveTo

public void saveTo(Storable object,
                   java.lang.String outputPath)
            throws StorageException

Saves the object to the output path.

Parameters:

object - The object to save.

outputPath - The path to save the object to.

Throws:

StorageException - If the save operation fails for any reason.

loadFrom

public Storable loadFrom(java.lang.String sourcePath)
                  throws StorageException

Loads an object from the specified source path.

Parameters:

sourcePath - The path to load the object from.

Returns:

The object stored at the specified path.

Throws:

StorageException - If the load operation fails for any reason.