org.gswing.components.output.exporter
Class AbstractDbToFile

java.lang.Object
  org.gswing.components.output.exporter.AbstractDbToFile

All Implemented Interfaces:

IExporter

Direct Known Subclasses:

DbToCsv, DbToXml

public abstract class AbstractDbToFile
extends Object
implements IExporter

Purpose: Abstract class for writing election data to file.

Field Summary

protected int	constituencyNo
static String	CSV
static String	DATA
protected IDbReadAccess	dbAccess
protected Election	election
protected Hashtable<Constituency,Result>	results
protected static char	SPACE
protected String	targetDir
protected static char	UNDERSCORE
static String	XML

Constructor Summary

AbstractDbToFile(IFramework framework, String gswingHome, String type, boolean uploadFiles)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	doExport() Kick off the export process.
void	export(Vector<Election> elections) Kick off the export process.
protected String	getFileName(String extension) Build generic file name with the given extension.
IMessageHandling	getLogger()
protected abstract void	writeFile() Write the election data to file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

dbAccess

protected IDbReadAccess dbAccess

election

protected Election election

constituencyNo

protected int constituencyNo

results

protected Hashtable<Constituency,Result> results

DATA

public static final String DATA

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Constant Field Values

XML

public static final String XML

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CSV

public static final String CSV

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SPACE

protected static final char SPACE

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UNDERSCORE

protected static final char UNDERSCORE

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targetDir

protected String targetDir

Constructor Detail

AbstractDbToFile

public AbstractDbToFile(IFramework framework,
                        String gswingHome,
                        String type,
                        boolean uploadFiles)

Constructor.

Parameters:

framework - The framework object.

gswingHome - The path where gswing is installed.

type - export type string - csv or xml.

uploadFiles - Should files be uploaded to server?

Method Detail

doExport

public void doExport()

Kick off the export process.

Specified by:

doExport in interface IExporter

export

public void export(Vector<Election> elections)

Kick off the export process. Get the election number from the user, get the list of contituencies and get the results for each constituency. Finally write to file.

Parameters:

elections - Elections to be exported.

writeFile

protected abstract void writeFile()

Write the election data to file.

getFileName

protected String getFileName(String extension)

Build generic file name with the given extension.

Parameters:

extension - The file extension.

Returns:

The new file name.

getLogger

public IMessageHandling getLogger()

Returns:

The message handler.