visad.data.biorad
Class BioRadForm

java.lang.Object
  extended by visad.data.FormNode
      extended by visad.data.Form
          extended by visad.data.biorad.BioRadForm
All Implemented Interfaces:
FormFileInformer
Direct Known Subclasses:
BioRadCachingForm

public class BioRadForm
extends Form
implements FormFileInformer

BioRadForm is the VisAD data format adapter for Bio-Rad .PIC files.


Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class visad.data.Form
mathType
 
Constructor Summary
BioRadForm()
          Constructs a new BioRad file form.
 
Method Summary
 void add(java.lang.String id, Data data, boolean replace)
          Adds data to an existing BioRad file.
 java.lang.String[] getDefaultSuffixes()
          Returns the default file suffixes for the BioRad .PIC file format.
 FormNode getForms(Data data)
          Return the data forms that are compatible with a data object.
 boolean isThisType(byte[] block)
          Checks if the given block is a valid header for a BioRad .PIC file.
 boolean isThisType(java.lang.String name)
          Checks if the given string is a valid filename for a BioRad .PIC file.
static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
          Run 'java visad.data.biorad.BioRadForm in_file out_file' to convert in_file to out_file in BioRad .PIC data format.
 DataImpl open(java.lang.String id)
          Opens an existing BioRad .PIC file from the given location.
 DataImpl open(java.net.URL url)
          Opens an existing BioRad .PIC file from the given URL.
 void save(java.lang.String id, Data data, boolean replace)
          Saves a VisAD Data object to BioRad .PIC format at the given location.
 
Methods inherited from class visad.data.Form
getMathType
 
Methods inherited from class visad.data.FormNode
getName
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

BioRadForm

public BioRadForm()
Constructs a new BioRad file form.

Method Detail

isThisType

public boolean isThisType(java.lang.String name)
Checks if the given string is a valid filename for a BioRad .PIC file.

Specified by:
isThisType in interface FormFileInformer

isThisType

public boolean isThisType(byte[] block)
Checks if the given block is a valid header for a BioRad .PIC file.

Specified by:
isThisType in interface FormFileInformer

getDefaultSuffixes

public java.lang.String[] getDefaultSuffixes()
Returns the default file suffixes for the BioRad .PIC file format.

Specified by:
getDefaultSuffixes in interface FormFileInformer

save

public void save(java.lang.String id,
                 Data data,
                 boolean replace)
          throws BadFormException,
                 java.io.IOException,
                 java.rmi.RemoteException,
                 VisADException
Saves a VisAD Data object to BioRad .PIC format at the given location.

Specified by:
save in class FormNode
Throws:
BadFormException
java.io.IOException
java.rmi.RemoteException
VisADException

add

public void add(java.lang.String id,
                Data data,
                boolean replace)
         throws BadFormException
Adds data to an existing BioRad file.

Specified by:
add in class FormNode
Throws:
BadFormException - Always thrown (this method not implemented).

open

public DataImpl open(java.lang.String id)
              throws BadFormException,
                     java.io.IOException,
                     VisADException
Opens an existing BioRad .PIC file from the given location.

Specified by:
open in class FormNode
Returns:
VisAD Data object containing BioRad data.
Throws:
BadFormException
java.io.IOException
VisADException

open

public DataImpl open(java.net.URL url)
              throws BadFormException,
                     VisADException,
                     java.io.IOException
Opens an existing BioRad .PIC file from the given URL.

Specified by:
open in class FormNode
Returns:
VisAD Data object containing BioRad data.
Throws:
BadFormException
VisADException
java.io.IOException

getForms

public FormNode getForms(Data data)
Description copied from class: FormNode
Return the data forms that are compatible with a data object.

Specified by:
getForms in class FormNode

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws VisADException,
                        java.rmi.RemoteException,
                        java.io.IOException
Run 'java visad.data.biorad.BioRadForm in_file out_file' to convert in_file to out_file in BioRad .PIC data format.

Throws:
VisADException
java.rmi.RemoteException
java.io.IOException