edu.kzoo.grid.gui
Interface GridDataFileHandler

public interface GridDataFileHandler

Grid GUI Support Package:
The GridDataFileHandler interface specifies methods for reading grid information from a file and writing it to a file.

Version:

15 December 2003

Author:

Alyce Brady

Method Summary

Grid	readGrid(java.io.File file) Reads information about a grid from an initial configuration data file and creates the grid.
void	writeGrid(Grid grid, java.io.File file) Writes information about a grid into a data file.

Method Detail

readGrid

public Grid readGrid(java.io.File file)
              throws java.io.FileNotFoundException

Reads information about a grid from an initial configuration data file and creates the grid.

Parameters:

file - java.io.File object from which to read

Returns:

the newly created grid

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException - if file cannot be opened

java.lang.RuntimeException - if invalid information is read from file

writeGrid

public void writeGrid(Grid grid,
                      java.io.File file)
               throws java.io.IOException

Writes information about a grid into a data file.

Parameters:

grid - grid to write to file

file - java.io.File object to which to write

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if error writing to file