ptolemy.actor.lib

Class FileWriter

java.lang.Object

ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

ptolemy.kernel.InstantiableNamedObj

ptolemy.kernel.Entity<T>

ptolemy.kernel.ComponentEntity<T>

ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor<TypedIOPort>

ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor

ptolemy.actor.lib.Sink

ptolemy.actor.lib.FileWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Actor, Executable, FiringsRecordable, Initializable, TypedActor, Changeable, Debuggable, DebugListener, Derivable, Instantiable, ModelErrorHandler, MoMLExportable, Moveable, Nameable

public class FileWriter
extends Sink

This actor reads tokens from any number of input channels and writes their string values to the specified output file. The input type can be anything. If a StringToken is received, then its stringValue() method will be used to get the string to write to the file. Otherwise, the toString() method of the received token will be used. If no file name is given, then the values are written to the standard output. If multiple input channels are provided on the input port, then the values received are written separated by a tab character. Each time a new name is received on the filename input, a new file will be opened for writing. If no new filename is received, then the data will be appended to previously used file. When appending, the values received on subsequent firings are separated by a newline character (a newline character will be inserted if one is not already provide by the input string). Unlike @see{ExpressionWriter}, this actor makes no changes to the input string. It writes to the file exactly what it receives on its input.

Since:

Ptolemy II 0.4

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Yuhong Xiong, Edward A. Lee

Pt.AcceptedRating:

Yellow (mudit)

Pt.ProposedRating:

Yellow (yuhong)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.Entity

Entity.ContainedObjectsIterator

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
FilePortParameter	filename The name of the file to write to.

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.Sink

input

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor

_typesValid

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor

_actorFiringListeners, _initializables, _notifyingActorFiring, _stopRequested

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_changeListeners, _changeLock, _changeRequests, _debugging, _debugListeners, _deferChangeRequests, _elementName, _isPersistent, _verbose, _workspace, ATTRIBUTES, CLASSNAME, COMPLETE, CONTENTS, DEEP, FULLNAME, LINKS

Fields inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Executable

COMPLETED, NOT_READY, STOP_ITERATING

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FileWriter(CompositeEntity container, java.lang.String name) Construct an actor with the given container and name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	clone(Workspace workspace) Clone the actor.
boolean	postfire() Read at most one token from each input channel and write its string value.
void	wrapup() Close the file, if there is one.

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor

_containedTypeConstraints, _customTypeConstraints, _defaultTypeConstraints, _fireAt, _fireAt, attributeTypeChanged, clone, isBackwardTypeInferenceEnabled, newPort, typeConstraintList, typeConstraints

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor

_actorFiring, _actorFiring, _declareDelayDependency, addActorFiringListener, addInitializable, connectionsChanged, createReceivers, declareDelayDependency, fire, getCausalityInterface, getDirector, getExecutiveDirector, getManager, initialize, inputPortList, isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, newReceiver, outputPortList, prefire, preinitialize, pruneDependencies, recordFiring, removeActorFiringListener, removeDependency, removeInitializable, setContainer, stop, stopFire, terminate

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.ComponentEntity

_adjustDeferrals, _checkContainer, _getContainedObject, _propagateExistence, getContainer, instantiate, isAtomic, isOpaque, moveDown, moveToFirst, moveToIndex, moveToLast, moveUp, propagateExistence, setName

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.Entity

_addPort, _description, _exportMoMLContents, _removePort, _validateSettables, connectedPortList, connectedPorts, containedObjectsIterator, getAttribute, getPort, getPorts, linkedRelationList, linkedRelations, portList, removeAllPorts, setClassDefinition, uniqueName

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.InstantiableNamedObj

_setParent, exportMoML, getChildren, getElementName, getParent, getPrototypeList, isClassDefinition, isWithinClassDefinition

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_addAttribute, _adjustOverride, _attachText, _cloneFixAttributeFields, _containedDecorators, _copyChangeRequestList, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _executeChangeRequests, _getIndentPrefix, _isMoMLSuppressed, _markContentsDerived, _notifyHierarchyListenersAfterChange, _notifyHierarchyListenersBeforeChange, _propagateValue, _removeAttribute, _splitName, _stripNumericSuffix, addChangeListener, addDebugListener, addHierarchyListener, attributeChanged, attributeDeleted, attributeList, attributeList, decorators, deepContains, depthInHierarchy, description, description, event, executeChangeRequests, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoML, exportMoMLPlain, getAttribute, getAttributes, getChangeListeners, getClassName, getDecoratorAttribute, getDecoratorAttributes, getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, getDisplayName, getFullName, getModelErrorHandler, getName, getName, getSource, handleModelError, isDeferringChangeRequests, isOverridden, isPersistent, lazyContainedObjectsIterator, message, notifyOfNameChange, propagateValue, propagateValues, removeAttribute, removeChangeListener, removeDebugListener, removeHierarchyListener, requestChange, setClassName, setDeferringChangeRequests, setDerivedLevel, setDisplayName, setModelErrorHandler, setPersistent, setSource, sortContainedObjects, toplevel, toString, validateSettables, workspace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Actor

createReceivers, getCausalityInterface, getDirector, getExecutiveDirector, getManager, inputPortList, newReceiver, outputPortList

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Executable

fire, isFireFunctional, isStrict, iterate, prefire, stop, stopFire, terminate

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.actor.Initializable

addInitializable, initialize, preinitialize, removeInitializable

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Nameable

description, getContainer, getDisplayName, getFullName, getName, getName, setName

Methods inherited from interface ptolemy.kernel.util.Derivable

getDerivedLevel, getDerivedList, propagateValue

Field Detail

filename

public FilePortParameter filename

The name of the file to write to. By default, this parameter contains an empty string, which is interpreted to mean that output should be directed to the standard output. See FilePortParameter for details about relative path names.

Constructor Detail

FileWriter

public FileWriter(CompositeEntity container,
                  java.lang.String name)
           throws IllegalActionException,
                  NameDuplicationException

Construct an actor with the given container and name.

Parameters:

container - The container.

name - The name of this actor.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If the actor cannot be contained by the proposed container.

NameDuplicationException - If the container already has an actor with this name.

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone(Workspace workspace)
                       throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Clone the actor.

Overrides:

clone in class TypedAtomicActor

Parameters:

workspace - The workspace for the new object.

Returns:

A new actor.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - If the superclass throws it.

See Also:

NamedObj.exportMoML(Writer, int, String), NamedObj.setDeferringChangeRequests(boolean)

postfire

public boolean postfire()
                 throws IllegalActionException

Read at most one token from each input channel and write its string value. If the filename input has changed since the last writing, then open the new file for writing. Otherwise, append to the previous file. If there are multiple channels connected to the input, then the output values from each channel are separated by tab characters. If an input channel has no data, then two consecutive tab characters are written.

Specified by:

postfire in interface Executable

Overrides:

postfire in class AtomicActor<TypedIOPort>

Returns:

True if execution can continue into the next iteration.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If an IO error occurs.

wrapup

public void wrapup()
            throws IllegalActionException

Close the file, if there is one.

Specified by:

wrapup in interface Initializable

Overrides:

wrapup in class AtomicActor<TypedIOPort>

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If an IO error occurs.