Writer (Tweety (Commons) 1.17 API)

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.tweety.commons.Writer

```
public abstract class Writer
extends Object
```
This class represents an abstract writer for writing objects into the file system.

Author:

Matthias Thimm, Anna Gessler

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Writer(Object obj)
Creates a new writer for the given object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`getObject()`	Returns the object of this writer.
`void`	`setObject(Object obj)`	Sets the object of this writer.
`void`	`writeToFile(String filename)`	Writes the object into the given file.
`abstract String`	`writeToString()`	Writes the object into a string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Writer
```
public Writer(Object obj)
```
    Creates a new writer for the given object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - an object.
- Method Detail
  - setObject
```
public void setObject(Object obj)
```
    Sets the object of this writer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - some object
  - getObject
```
public Object getObject()
```
    Returns the object of this writer.
    
    Returns:
    
    the object of this writer.
  - writeToString
```
public abstract String writeToString()
```
    Writes the object into a string.
    
    Returns:
    
    the string representing the object.
  - writeToFile
```
public void writeToFile(String filename)
                 throws IOException
```
    Writes the object into the given file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    filename - the name of the file.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an IO issue occurs.