opennlp.tools.util.model
Interface ArtifactSerializer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassSerializer, FeatureGeneratorFactorySerializer, GenericModelSerializer

public interface ArtifactSerializer<T>

Responsible to create an artifact from an InputStream.

Method Summary

T	create(InputStream in) Creates the artifact from the provided InputStream.
void	serialize(T artifact, OutputStream out) Serializes the artifact to the provided OutputStream.

Method Detail

create

T create(InputStream in)
         throws IOException,
                InvalidFormatException

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

Returns:

Throws:

IOException

InvalidFormatException

serialize

void serialize(T artifact,
               OutputStream out)
               throws IOException

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

Parameters:

artifact -

out -

Throws:

IOException