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Interface TopologySerializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DotTopologySerializer, Graph6TopologySerializer, PlainTopologySerializer, TikzTopologySerializer, XMLTopologySerializer

public interface TopologySerializer

Objects implementing TopologySerializer are able to (de)serialize a Topology into a specific String representation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	exportToString(Topology topology) Returns a string representation of this topology.
void	importFromString(Topology topology, String data) Imports nodes and wired links from the specified string representation of a topology.

Method Detail

exportToString

String exportToString(Topology topology)

Returns a string representation of this topology. The output of this method can be subsequently used to reconstruct a topology with the importFromString(Topology, String) method. Only the nodes and wired links are exported here (not the topology's properties).

Parameters:

topology - The Topology object which must be exported

Returns:

the String representation of the Topology

importFromString

void importFromString(Topology topology,
                      String data)

Imports nodes and wired links from the specified string representation of a topology.

Parameters:

topology - The Topology object which must be populated

data - The String representation.