visad.data
Interface FormFileInformer

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArcAsciiGridForm, AreaForm, AVIForm, BioRadForm, BioRadForm, DeltavisionForm, DemFamily, DODSForm, F2000Form, FitsForm, FluoviewTiffForm, GatanForm, GIFForm, HDF5Form, Hdfeos, HdfeosAdaptedForm, HdfeosForm, HRITForm, ICSForm, ImageProSeqForm, IPLabForm, IPWForm, JAIForm, LegacyTiffForm, LegacyZVIForm, LeicaForm, LociForm, MapForm, MetamorphForm, NetCDF, OpenlabForm, PerkinElmerForm, PictForm, Plain, PointForm, QTForm, TextForm, TiffForm, UsgsDemForm, Vis5DAdaptedForm, Vis5DForm, Vis5DTopoForm, VisADCachingForm, VisADForm, VisADSerialForm, ZeissForm, ZVIForm

public interface FormFileInformer

FormFileInformer is the VisAD interface for checking system- and file-specific data from a file Form.

Method Summary

String[]	getDefaultSuffixes() Get default suffixes for files/URLs handeled by this form.
boolean	isThisType(byte[] block) Check to see if the block contains the magic number for this form.
boolean	isThisType(String name) Check to see if the file name might be right for this form.

Method Detail

isThisType

boolean isThisType(String name)

Check to see if the file name might be right for this form.

Parameters:

name - name of the file

Returns:

true if the name is right for this type of form

isThisType

boolean isThisType(byte[] block)

Check to see if the block contains the magic number for this form.

Parameters:

block - block of bytes from file

Returns:

true if the magic number is right

getDefaultSuffixes

String[] getDefaultSuffixes()

Get default suffixes for files/URLs handeled by this form.

Returns:

array of suffixes