nl.inl.blacklab.tools

Class SketchToXmlConverter

java.lang.Object

nl.inl.blacklab.tools.SketchToXmlConverter

public class SketchToXmlConverter
extends Object

Convert the ANW Corpus Sketch format files to almost-identical XML files. Using XML is useful because it allows us to later easily display it using XSLT.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SketchToXmlConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	convert(Reader in, File outDir, String outFn)
static File	getFileProp(Properties properties, String name, File basePath) Get a File property from a Properties object.
static File	getFileProp(Properties properties, String name, String defaultValue, File basePath) Get a File property from a Properties object.
static Properties	getPropertiesFromResource(String resourcePath) Read Properties from a resource
static void	main(String[] args)
boolean	processLine(String line, Writer out)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SketchToXmlConverter

public SketchToXmlConverter()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

getPropertiesFromResource

public static Properties getPropertiesFromResource(String resourcePath)
                                            throws IOException

Read Properties from a resource

Parameters:

resourcePath - file path, relative to the classpath, where the properties file is

Returns:

the Properties read

Throws:

IOException

getFileProp

public static File getFileProp(Properties properties,
                               String name,
                               File basePath)

Get a File property from a Properties object. This may be an absolute file path (starts with / or \ or a Windows drive letter spec), or a path relative to basePath

Parameters:

properties - where to read the value from

name - the value's name

basePath - base path the file path may be relative to

Returns:

the file, or null if not found

getFileProp

public static File getFileProp(Properties properties,
                               String name,
                               String defaultValue,
                               File basePath)

Get a File property from a Properties object. This may be an absolute file path (starts with / or \ or a Windows drive letter spec), or a path relative to basePath

Parameters:

properties - where to read the value from

name - the value's name

defaultValue - default value if the property was not specified

basePath - base path the file path may be relative to

Returns:

the file, or null if not found

processLine

public boolean processLine(String line,
                           Writer out)
                    throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

convert

public void convert(Reader in,
                    File outDir,
                    String outFn)
             throws IOException

Throws:

IOException