org.eclipse.january.geometry.model.importer

Interface IGeometryImporterService

All Known Implementing Classes:

OBJGeometryImporterService, STLGeometryImporterService, VTKGeometryImporterService

public interface IGeometryImporterService

This is an interface for classes handling the importing of a file into a Geometry. It is intended that classes implementing this interface will be consumed as an OSGI service by an IGeometryImporterFactory.

Author:

Robert Smith

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getName() Getter method for the importer's name.
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getSupportedExtensions() Get the set of file extensions which this importer is capable of handling.
Geometry	importFile(java.nio.file.Path path) Import a file into a Geometry.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Getter method for the importer's name.

Returns:

The name, which should be a short, human readable description of the importer.

importFile

Geometry importFile(java.nio.file.Path path)

Import a file into a Geometry.

Parameters:

path - The path to the file which is to be imported.

Returns:

A Geometry containing a representation of the data in the file or null if the file could not be imported.

getSupportedExtensions

java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getSupportedExtensions()

Get the set of file extensions which this importer is capable of handling.

Returns:

A set of all file extensions this importer can import. Extensions will be listed in all lower case with no leading period.