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package com.rapidminer.operator;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.List;

import com.rapidminer.operator.meta.branch.ProcessBranch;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterType;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterTypeFile;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterTypeText;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.TextType;

/**
 * This operator simply writed the specified text into the specified file. This can
 * be useful in combination with the {@link ProcessBranch} operator. For example,
 * one could write the success or non-success of a process into the same file
 * depending on the condition specified by a process branch.
 *
 * @author Ingo Mierswa
 * @version $Id: FileEchoOperator.java,v 1.3 2008/07/07 07:06:44 ingomierswa Exp $
 */
public class FileEchoOperator extends Operator {

	public static final String PARAMETER_FILE = "file";
	
	public static final String PARAMETER_TEXT = "text";
	
	
	public FileEchoOperator(OperatorDescription description) {
		super(description);
	}
	
	public IOObject[] apply() throws OperatorException {
		File file = getParameterAsFile(PARAMETER_FILE);
		String text = getParameterAsString(PARAMETER_TEXT);

		PrintWriter out = null;
		try {
			out = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(file), getEncoding()));
			out.println(text);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new UserError(this, 303, file.getName(), e);
		} finally {
			if (out != null)
				out.close();
		}
		return new IOObject[0];
	}

	public Class<?>[] getInputClasses() {
		return new Class[0];
	}

	public Class<?>[] getOutputClasses() {
		return new Class[0];
	}

	public List<ParameterType> getParameterTypes() {
		List<ParameterType> types = super.getParameterTypes();
		types.add(new ParameterTypeFile(PARAMETER_FILE, "The file into which this operator should write the specified text.", "out", false));
		types.add(new ParameterTypeText(PARAMETER_TEXT, "The text which should be written into the file.", TextType.PLAIN, false));
		return types;
	}
}