edu.mit.sketch.toolkit
Class DataCollector

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

StrokeDataListener

public class DataCollector

extends Object

implements StrokeDataListener

Collect strokes as they are produced and store them. To do this simply add the DataCollector as a StrokeDataListener to a source of stroke data events. The strokes can then be serialized into a file. That file can then be laoded by a DataSimulator to send the strokes to other StrokeDataListeners.

Created: Wed Sep 5 17:38:43 2001
Copyright: Copyright (C) 2001 by MIT. All Rights Reserved.

Constructor Summary

DataCollector()
After creation be sure to add this object as a StrokeDataListener.

Method Summary

void	handleStroke(StrokeData stroke) This method is called by classes that collect StrokeData objects.
static List	loadData(String filename) This is a convenience method that loads the strokes out of the given file and returns them as a List.
void	reset() Delete all the data we have stored up til now.
void	saveData(String filename) Serialize the strokes into a file specified by filename.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DataCollector

public DataCollector()

After creation be sure to add this object as a StrokeDataListener.

Method Detail

handleStroke

public void handleStroke(StrokeData stroke)

Description copied from interface: StrokeDataListener

This method is called by classes that collect StrokeData objects.

Specified by:

handleStroke in interface StrokeDataListener

saveData

public void saveData(String filename)

Serialize the strokes into a file specified by filename.

reset

public void reset()

Delete all the data we have stored up til now.

loadData

public static List loadData(String filename)

This is a convenience method that loads the strokes out of the given file and returns them as a List.