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/*
 *    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 */

/*
 *    AbstractLoader.java
 *    Copyright (C) 2002 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
 *
 */

package weka.core.converters;

import weka.core.Instances;
import weka.core.Instance;
import java.io.*;

/**
 * Abstract class gives default implementation of setSource 
 * methods. All other methods must be overridden.
 *
 * @author Richard Kirkby ([email protected])
 * @version $Revision: 7454 $
 */
public abstract class AbstractLoader implements Loader {

  /** The current retrieval mode */
  protected int m_retrieval;

  /**
   * Sets the retrieval mode.
   *
   * @param mode the retrieval mode
   */
  public void setRetrieval(int mode) {

    m_retrieval = mode;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the retrieval mode.
   *
   * @return the retrieval mode
   */
  protected int getRetrieval() {

    return m_retrieval;
  }

  /**
   * Default implementation throws an IOException.
   *
   * @param file the File
   * @exception IOException always
   */
  public void setSource(File file) throws IOException {

    throw new IOException("Setting File as source not supported");
  }

  /**
   * Default implementation sets retrieval mode to NONE
   *
   * @exception never.
   */
  public void reset() throws Exception {
    m_retrieval = NONE;
  }
  
  /**
   * Default implementation throws an IOException.
   *
   * @param input the input stream
   * @exception IOException always
   */
  public void setSource(InputStream input) throws IOException {

    throw new IOException("Setting InputStream as source not supported");
  }
  
  /*
   * To be overridden.
   */
  public abstract Instances getStructure() throws IOException;

  /*
   * To be overridden.
   */
  public abstract Instances getDataSet() throws IOException;

  /*
   * To be overridden.
   */
  public abstract Instance getNextInstance(Instances structure) throws IOException;
}