ptolemy.actor.lib
Class Writer

java.lang.Object
  ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj
      ptolemy.kernel.InstantiableNamedObj
          ptolemy.kernel.Entity
              ptolemy.kernel.ComponentEntity
                  ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor
                      ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor
                          ptolemy.actor.lib.Sink
                              ptolemy.actor.lib.Writer

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileWriter

public class Writer
extends Sink

This actor reads tokens from any number of input channels and writes their string values to the specified writer. A newline character is written between firings. If the width of the input port is greater than one, then values read from the distinct channels are separated by tab characters. If no writer is specified using setWriter(), then this actor writes to the standard output.

Since:

Ptolemy II 0.4

Version:

$Id: Writer.java 59167 2010-09-21 17:08:02Z cxh $

Author:

Yuhong Xiong, Edward A. Lee

See Also:

Serialized Form

Accepted Rating:

Yellow (mudit)

Proposed Rating:

Yellow (yuhong)

Nested Class Summary

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

Entity.ContainedObjectsIterator

Field Summary

private static java.io.Writer	_stdOut
private java.io.Writer	_writer

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.lib.Sink

input

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor

_actorFiringListeners, _initializables, _notifyingActorFiring, _stopRequested

Fields inherited from class ptolemy.kernel.util.NamedObj

_changeListeners, _changeLock, _changeRequests, _debugging, _debugListeners, _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

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

Method Summary

boolean	postfire() Read at most one token from each input channel and write its string value.
void	setWriter(java.io.Writer writer) Set the writer.
void	wrapup() Flush the writer, if there is one.

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.TypedAtomicActor

_addPort, _fireAt, _fireAt, attributeTypeChanged, clone, newPort, typeConstraintList, typeConstraints

Methods inherited from class ptolemy.actor.AtomicActor

_actorFiring, _actorFiring, addActorFiringListener, addInitializable, clone, 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

_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, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _debug, _getIndentPrefix, _isMoMLSuppressed, _markContentsDerived, _propagateValue, _recordDecoratedAttributes, _removeAttribute, _splitName, _stripNumericSuffix, addChangeListener, addDebugListener, attributeChanged, attributeList, attributeList, 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, propagateValue, propagateValues, removeChangeListener, removeDebugListener, 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

_writer

private java.io.Writer _writer

_stdOut

private static java.io.Writer _stdOut

Constructor Detail

Writer

public Writer(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

postfire

public boolean postfire()
                 throws IllegalActionException

Read at most one token from each input channel and write its string value. These values 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

Returns:

True if execution can continue into the next iteration.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If an IO error occurs.

setWriter

public void setWriter(java.io.Writer writer)
               throws IllegalActionException

Set the writer. If there was a previous writer, close it. To set standard output, call this method with argument null.

Parameters:

writer - The writer to write to.

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If an IO error occurs.

wrapup

public void wrapup()
            throws IllegalActionException

Flush the writer, if there is one.

Specified by:

wrapup in interface Initializable

Overrides:

wrapup in class AtomicActor

Throws:

IllegalActionException - If an IO error occurs.