com.redhat.rhn.common.util

Interface ExportWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

CSVWriter

public interface ExportWriter

ExportWriter - interface that describes the ability to take in a List and reformat it to some other format. You write the list to the ExportWriter with write() and then fetch the contents when you are finished (or while processing) with getContents().

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getContents() Get the String version of the values written so far.
java.lang.String	getFileExtension() Get the extension of the file to be exported.
java.lang.String	getMimeType() Get the mime type of the output
void	setColumns(java.util.List<java.lang.String> columnsIn) Set the list of Columns to include in the export.
void	write(java.util.List listIn) Write the List of values to the contents of this Writer.

Method Detail

setColumns

void setColumns(java.util.List<java.lang.String> columnsIn)

Set the list of Columns to include in the export. Must be a List of java.lang.Strings

Parameters:

columnsIn - List of columns you want defined in the output of the export.

write

void write(java.util.List listIn)

Write the List of values to the contents of this Writer.

Parameters:

listIn - that you want writen to the contents

getContents

java.lang.String getContents()

Get the String version of the values written so far.

Returns:

String version of the values

getMimeType

java.lang.String getMimeType()

Get the mime type of the output

Returns:

String mime type

getFileExtension

java.lang.String getFileExtension()

Get the extension of the file to be exported.

Returns:

String extension.