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package com.rapidminer.operator.io;

import java.util.List;

import com.rapidminer.operator.Operator;
import com.rapidminer.operator.OperatorDescription;
import com.rapidminer.operator.ports.PortPairExtender;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterType;
import com.rapidminer.parameter.ParameterTypeFile;

/** Dummy operator.
 * @author Simon Fischer */
public class IOContainerWriter extends Operator {

	public static final String PARAMETER_FILENAME = "filename";
	
	private final PortPairExtender throughExtender = new PortPairExtender("through", getInputPorts(), getOutputPorts());
	
	public IOContainerWriter(OperatorDescription description) {
		super(description);
		throughExtender.start();
	}
	
	@Override
	public void doWork() {
		getLogger().warning("This operator is deprecated, does nothing, and should have been replaced during process import by several IOObjectWriters.");
	}

	@Override
	public List<ParameterType> getParameterTypes() {
		List<ParameterType> types = super.getParameterTypes();
		ParameterType type = new ParameterTypeFile(PARAMETER_FILENAME, "Name of file to write the output to.", "ioc", false);
		type.setExpert(false);
		types.add(type);
		return types;
	}

}