AbstractGenerator.java

// Copyright 2002-2005, FreeHEP.
package org.freehep.aid;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;

import org.freehep.rtti.Generator;
import org.freehep.rtti.IClass;
import org.freehep.util.UserProperties;
import org.freehep.util.io.IndentPrintWriter;


/**
 * @author Mark Donszelmann
 * @version $Id: AbstractGenerator.java 8584 2006-08-10 23:06:37Z duns $
 */
public abstract class AbstractGenerator implements Generator {

	protected UserProperties properties = new UserProperties();

    public AbstractGenerator() {
    }

    public Properties getProperties() {
        return properties;
    }

    protected void warning(IndentPrintWriter out) {
	    // first line to signal our files!
        out.println("// AID-GENERATED");
        out.println("// =========================================================================");
        out.println("// This class was generated by AID - Abstract Interface Definition          ");
        out.println("// DO NOT MODIFY, but use the org.freehep.aid.Aid utility to regenerate it. ");
        out.println("// =========================================================================");
    }

    public String directory(IClass clazz) {
        return "";
    }

    public abstract String filename(IClass clazz);

    // return true if we want to stop writing
	public abstract boolean print(File file, IClass clazz) throws IOException;
}