Sink (Eclipse RDF4J 4.2.4)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ByteSink, CharSink

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractQueryResultWriter, AbstractRDFWriter, ArrangedWriter, BinaryQueryResultWriter, BinaryRDFWriter, BooleanTextWriter, ConsoleQueryResultWriter, ConsoleRDFWriter, JSONLDWriter, N3Writer, NDJSONLDWriter, NQuadsWriter, NTriplesWriter, RDFJSONWriter, RDFXMLPrettyWriter, RDFXMLWriter, SPARQLBooleanJSONWriter, SPARQLBooleanXMLWriter, SPARQLResultsCSVWriter, SPARQLResultsJSONWriter, SPARQLResultsTSVWriter, SPARQLResultsXMLWriter, SPARQLStarResultsJSONWriter, SPARQLStarResultsJSONWriter, SPARQLStarResultsTSVWriter, SPARQLStarResultsTSVWriter, SPARQLStarResultsXMLWriter, TriGStarWriter, TriGWriter, TriXWriter, TurtleStarWriter, TurtleWriter
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public interface Sink
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A Sink writes a data stream in a particular FileFormat.

Since:

3.5.0

Author:

Jeen Broekstra

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default boolean`	`acceptsFileFormat(FileFormat format)`	Check if this Sink accepts the supplied `FileFormat`.
`FileFormat`	`getFileFormat()`	Get the `FileFormat` this sink uses.

- Method Detail
  - getFileFormat
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FileFormat getFileFormat()
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    Get the FileFormat this sink uses.
    
    Returns:
    
    a FileFormat. May not be null.
  - acceptsFileFormat
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default boolean acceptsFileFormat(FileFormat format)
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    Check if this Sink accepts the supplied FileFormat.
    
    Parameters:
    
    format - the FileFormat to check.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the sink accepts the supplied format, false otherwise.