opennlp.tools.util.model

Interface ArtifactSerializer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BrownCluster.BrownClusterSerializer, ClassSerializer, FeatureGeneratorFactorySerializer, GenericModelSerializer, WordClusterDictionary.WordClusterDictionarySerializer

public interface ArtifactSerializer<T>

Responsible to create an artifact from an InputStream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	create(java.io.InputStream in) Creates the artifact from the provided InputStream.
void	serialize(T artifact, java.io.OutputStream out) Serializes the artifact to the provided OutputStream.

Method Detail

create

T create(java.io.InputStream in)
  throws java.io.IOException,
         InvalidFormatException

Creates the artifact from the provided InputStream. The InputStream remains open.

Returns:

the artifact

Throws:

java.io.IOException

InvalidFormatException

serialize

void serialize(T artifact,
               java.io.OutputStream out)
        throws java.io.IOException

Serializes the artifact to the provided OutputStream. The OutputStream remains open.

Parameters:

artifact -

out -

Throws:

java.io.IOException