org.encog.persist.location
Interface PersistenceLocation

All Known Implementing Classes:

FilePersistence, InputStreamPersistence, OutputStreamPersistence, ResourcePersistence

public interface PersistenceLocation

A persistence location specifies how the persistence collection is stored.

Author:

jheaton

Method Summary

InputStream	createInputStream()
OutputStream	createOutputStream()
void	delete() Delete the location, if possible.
boolean	exists()
void	renameTo(PersistenceLocation toLocation) Attempt to rename this location.

Method Detail

createInputStream

InputStream createInputStream()

Returns:

A new input stream to read data from.

createOutputStream

OutputStream createOutputStream()

Returns:

A new output stream to write data to.

delete

void delete()

Delete the location, if possible.

exists

boolean exists()

Returns:

True if this location exists.

renameTo

void renameTo(PersistenceLocation toLocation)

Attempt to rename this location. Mainly for file locations.

Parameters:

toLocation - The new name.