ProductWriterPlugIn (SNAP Engine API)

All Superinterfaces:

ProductIOPlugIn

All Known Implementing Classes:

DimapProductWriterPlugIn
```
public interface ProductWriterPlugIn
extends ProductIOPlugIn
```
The ProductWriterPlugIn interface is implemented by data product writer plug-ins.
ProductWriterPlugIn plug-ins are used to provide meta-information about a particular data format and to create instances of the actual writer objects.
A plug-in can register itself in the ProductIO plug-in registry or it is automatically found during a classpath scan.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

See Also:

ProductReaderPlugIn

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ProductWriter`	`createWriterInstance()`	Creates an instance of the actual product writer class.
`EncodeQualification`	`getEncodeQualification(Product product)`	Gets the encode qualification of this product writer plugin w.r.t.
`Class[]`	`getOutputTypes()`	Returns an array containing the classes that represent valid output types for this writer.

Methods inherited from interface org.esa.snap.core.dataio.ProductIOPlugIn
getDefaultFileExtensions, getDescription, getFormatNames, getProductFileFilter

- Method Detail
  - getEncodeQualification
```
EncodeQualification getEncodeQualification(Product product)
```
    Gets the encode qualification of this product writer plugin w.r.t. the given product.
    
    Parameters:
    
    product - The product.
    
    Returns:
    
    The encode qualification.
    
    Since:
    
    SNAP 2.0
  - getOutputTypes
```
Class[] getOutputTypes()
```
    Returns an array containing the classes that represent valid output types for this writer.
    Intances of the classes returned in this array are valid objects for the setOutput method of the ProductWriter interface (the method will not throw an InvalidArgumentException in this case).
    
    Returns:
    
    an array containing valid output types, never null
    
    See Also:
    
    ProductWriter.writeProductNodes(org.esa.snap.core.datamodel.Product, java.lang.Object)
  - createWriterInstance
```
ProductWriter createWriterInstance()
```
    Creates an instance of the actual product writer class. This method should never return null.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new writer instance, never null