writer2latex.api
Interface BatchConverter

All Superinterfaces:

Converter

public interface BatchConverter
extends Converter

This is an extended interface for a converter, which offers conversion of OpenDocument or OOo 1.x docs into a specific format. It extends the Converter interface with a method to perform batch conversion of a directory.

Instances of this interface are created using the ConverterFactory

Note: This interface is not yet in use

Method Summary

void	BatchConvert(java.io.File sourceDir, java.io.File targetDir, boolean bRecurse, boolean bContinueOnError, java.io.PrintStream messages) Perform batch conversion of an entire directory

Methods inherited from interface writer2latex.api.Converter

convert, readTemplate, setConfig, setGraphicConverter

Method Detail

BatchConvert

void BatchConvert(java.io.File sourceDir,
                  java.io.File targetDir,
                  boolean bRecurse,
                  boolean bContinueOnError,
                  java.io.PrintStream messages)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Perform batch conversion of an entire directory

Parameters:

sourceDir - the directory to read from

targetDir - the directory to write to

bRecurse - if set to true, subdirectories are converted as well

bContinueOnError - if set to true, the conversion will continue even if one of the conversions raise an error

messages - a PrintStream to write status messages about the conversion to. If this parameter is null, status messages will be supressed.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if any of the directories does not exist or (if the parameter bContinueOnError is false) some I/O error occurs during the conversion.