SimpleFeatureIO (Geotools modules 32-SNAPSHOT API)

Object
- SimpleFeatureIO

```
public class SimpleFeatureIO
extends Object
```
Allows writing and reading features to/from the given file

Author:

Andrea Aime - GeoSolutions

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String BIG_STRING

static int MAX_BYTES_LENGTH

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

SimpleFeatureIO(File file, SimpleFeatureType schema)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close(boolean deleteFile)`	Closes the IO, eventually deleting the file in the process
`boolean`	`endOfFile()`	Returns true if the end of file has been reached
`long`	`getOffset()`	Returns the current reading position in the file
`SimpleFeature`	`read()`	Reads the next feature form the file
`void`	`seek(long offset)`	Moves the IO to the specified offset in the file
`String`	`toString()`
`void`	`write(SimpleFeature sf)`	Writes the feature to the file

Methods inherited from class Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail
- MAX_BYTES_LENGTH
```
public static final int MAX_BYTES_LENGTH
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values
- BIG_STRING
```
public static final String BIG_STRING
```
  See Also:
  
  Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SimpleFeatureIO

public SimpleFeatureIO(File file,
                       SimpleFeatureType schema)
                throws FileNotFoundException

Throws:: FileNotFoundException

Method Detail
- write
```
public void write(SimpleFeature sf)
           throws IOException
```
  Writes the feature to the file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
- read
```
public SimpleFeature read()
                   throws IOException
```
  Reads the next feature form the file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
- seek
```
public void seek(long offset)
          throws IOException
```
  Moves the IO to the specified offset in the file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
- getOffset
```
public long getOffset()
               throws IOException
```
  Returns the current reading position in the file
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
- endOfFile
```
public boolean endOfFile()
                  throws IOException
```
  Returns true if the end of file has been reached
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
- close
```
public void close(boolean deleteFile)
           throws IOException
```
  Closes the IO, eventually deleting the file in the process
  
  Throws:
  
  IOException
- toString
```
public String toString()
```
  Overrides:
  
  toString in class Object