eu.printingin3d.javascad.vrl.export

Class FileExporterFactory

java.lang.Object

eu.printingin3d.javascad.vrl.export.FileExporterFactory

public final class FileExporterFactory
extends Object

Creates a file exporter based on the extension of the supplied file. A typical export looks something like this:

 FileExporterFactory
     .createExporter(new File("path/to/the/file/file.ext"))
     .writeToFile(object.toCSG().toFacets());
        

Author:

Ivan

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static IFileExporter	createExporter(File file) Creates a file exporter based on the extension of the supplied file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createExporter

public static IFileExporter createExporter(File file)
                                    throws FileNotFoundException,
                                           IOException

Creates a file exporter based on the extension of the supplied file. The currently known extensions are stl and ply. The result will be a binary STL exporter for the former one and a Polygon exporter for the latter.

Parameters:

file - the file to be used

Returns:

an exporter to export the model to the given file

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs during the close operation of the file

FileNotFoundException - if the file exists but is a directory rather than a regular file, does not exist but cannot be created, or cannot be opened for any other reason

UnknownFileExtensionException - if the extension of the given file is unknown