org.geotools.coverage.grid.io

Class AbstractGridCoverageWriter

Object

AbstractGridCoverageWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

GridCoverageWriter

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArcGridWriter, GeoTiffWriter, GrassCoverageWriter, WorldImageWriter

public abstract class AbstractGridCoverageWriter
extends Object
implements GridCoverageWriter

An AbstractGridCoverageWriter is the base class for all GridCoverageWriter implementations in GeoTools toolkit.

We expect it to become the place where to move functionalities common to all GridCoverageWriter.

Since:

2.3.x

Author:

Simone Giannecchini

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Object	destination the destination object where we will do the writing
protected Hints	hints Hints to be used for the writing process.
protected ImageOutputStream	outStream The destination ImageOutputStream.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractGridCoverageWriter() Default constructor for an AbstractGridCoverageWriter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	dispose() Releases resources held by this AbstractGridCoverageWriter.
protected void	finalize() Forcing the disposal of this AbstractGridCoverageWriter which may keep a reference to an open ImageOutputStream
Object	getDestination() (non-Javadoc)
String[]	getMetadataNames() Implementation of getMetadataNames.
void	setCurrentSubname(String name) Set the name for the next grid coverage to write within the output destination.
void	setMetadataValue(String name, String value) Sets the metadata value for a given metadata name.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface GridCoverageWriter

getFormat, write

Field Detail

destination

protected Object destination

the destination object where we will do the writing

hints

protected Hints hints

Hints to be used for the writing process.

outStream

protected ImageOutputStream outStream

The destination ImageOutputStream.

Constructor Detail

AbstractGridCoverageWriter

public AbstractGridCoverageWriter()

Default constructor for an AbstractGridCoverageWriter.

Method Detail

dispose

public void dispose()

Releases resources held by this AbstractGridCoverageWriter.

Specified by:

dispose in interface GridCoverageWriter

getDestination

public Object getDestination()

(non-Javadoc)

Specified by:

getDestination in interface GridCoverageWriter

See Also:

GridCoverageWriter.getDestination()

getMetadataNames

public String[] getMetadataNames()

Implementation of getMetadataNames. Currently unimplemented because it has not been specified where to retrieve the metadata

Specified by:

getMetadataNames in interface GridCoverageWriter

Returns:

null

See Also:

GridCoverageWriter.getMetadataNames()

setCurrentSubname

public void setCurrentSubname(String name)
                       throws IOException

Description copied from interface: GridCoverageWriter

Set the name for the next grid coverage to write within the output destination. The subname can been fetch later at reading time.

Specified by:

setCurrentSubname in interface GridCoverageWriter

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs during writing.

See Also:

GridCoverageWriter.setCurrentSubname(java.lang.String)

setMetadataValue

public void setMetadataValue(String name,
                             String value)
                      throws IOException

Description copied from interface: GridCoverageWriter

Sets the metadata value for a given metadata name.

Specified by:

setMetadataValue in interface GridCoverageWriter

Parameters:

name - Metadata keyword for which to set the metadata.

value - The metadata value for the given metadata name.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs during writing.

See Also:

GridCoverageWriter.setMetadataValue(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

finalize

protected void finalize()
                 throws Throwable

Forcing the disposal of this AbstractGridCoverageWriter which may keep a reference to an open ImageOutputStream

Overrides:

finalize in class Object

Throws:

Throwable