[Scaffoldhunter-devel] Inefficient Export Interface

[Shamshad A. <sha...@gm...>]

public interface Exporter {

    /**
     * the name of the exporter
     * @return name of the exporter
     */
    public String getName();

    /**
     * 
     * @return description of the exporter
     */
    public String getDescription();

    /**
     * Export data to file
     * 
     * @param molecules
     *            the {@code Iterable<IAtomContainer>} to export
     * @param properties
     *            The key in the map represent the header and the corresponding
     *            value represent the key of the {@code IAtomContainer}
     * @param filename
     *            the name of the file where you want to export the data
     */
    public void writeData(Iterable<IAtomContainer> molecules, Map<String, ? extends Object> properties, String filename);

    /**
     * Get the extension of the file
     * 
     * @return extension of file
     */
    public String getFileExtension();

    /**
     * 
     * @param listener
     *            {@code ProgressListener} to add
     */
    public void addProgressListener(ProgressListener<ExportStatus> listener);

    /**
     * 
     * @param listener
     *            {@code ProgressListener} to remove
     */
    public void removeProgressListener(ProgressListener<ExportStatus> listener);
}