Serializer Plugin

#summary How to write Serializer plugins

A serializer serializes an object model to a stream of data. Among the default serializers are: IFC2x3, IfcXml, CityGML and others. Most serializers will output a textbased format but that is not required.

Serializer plugins must implement org.bimserver.plugins.serializers.SerializerPlugin interface {{{ public interface SerializerPlugin extends Plugin { Serializer createSerializer(); // The actual method that will create a serializer. Have a look at subclasses of EmfSerializer to see how to build one String getDefaultExtension(); // A default extension, the user can change this String getDefaultContentType(); // A default contentType, the user can change this } }}}

{{{ public interface Serializer { void init(IfcModelInterface model, ProjectInfo projectInfo, PluginManager pluginManager, IfcEngine ifcEngine) throws SerializerException; void writeToFile(File file) throws SerializerException; byte[] getBytes(); IfcModelInterface getModel(); InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException; void writeToOutputStream(OutputStream outputStream) throws SerializerException; } }}}

You can subclass EmfSerializer so you don't have to implement all methods.