Interface IRdfWriter

Interface to be implemented by RDF Writers which generate RDF Concrete Syntax.

Namespace: VDS.RDF
Assembly: dotNetRdf.dll
Syntax
public interface IRdfWriter

Methods

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Save(IGraph, TextWriter)

Method for Saving a Graph to a Concrete RDF Syntax via some arbitrary TextWriter.

Declaration
void Save(IGraph g, TextWriter output)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IGraph g

The Graph to Save.
TextWriter output

The TextWriter to save the Graph to.
Exceptions
Type Condition
RdfException

Thrown if the RDF in the Graph is not representable by the Writer.
IOException

Thrown if the Writer is unable to write to the underlying storage of the TextWriter specified in the output.
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Save(IGraph, TextWriter, bool)

Method for saving a graph to a concrete RDF syntax via some arbitrary TextWriter.

Declaration
void Save(IGraph g, TextWriter output, bool leaveOpen)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IGraph g

The graph to save.
TextWriter output

The TextWriter to save the graph to.
bool leaveOpen 
true
to leave the stream open when the method completes;. 
false
otherwise.
Exceptions
Type Condition
RdfException

Thrown if the RDF in the graph is not representable by the writer.
IOException

Thrown if the writer is unable to write to the underlying storage of the TextWriter specified in the output.
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Save(IGraph, string)

Method for Saving a Graph to a Concrete RDF Syntax in a file based format.

Declaration
void Save(IGraph g, string filename)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IGraph g

The Graph to Save.
string filename

The filename to save the Graph in.
Remarks

The output will be written in UTF-8 with no byte-order mark specified. To override this behaviour, call either Save(IGraph, string, Encoding) with the specific encoding to use, or Save(IGraph, TextWriter) with a TextWriter created with the required text encoding set.

Exceptions
Type Condition
RdfException

Thrown if the RDF in the Graph is not representable by the Writer.
IOException

Thrown if the Writer is unable to write to the File.
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Save(IGraph, string, Encoding)

Method for saving a graph to a concrete RDF syntax in a file-based format with a specific text encoding.

Declaration
void Save(IGraph g, string filename, Encoding fileEncoding)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IGraph g

The graph to save.
string filename

The path to the file to write to.
Encoding fileEncoding

The text encoding to use when writing the file content.
Exceptions
Type Condition
RdfException

Thrown if the RDF in the Graph is not representable by the Writer.
IOException

Thrown if the Writer is unable to write to the File.

Events

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Warning

Event which writers can raise to indicate possible ambiguities or issues in the syntax they are producing

Declaration
event RdfWriterWarning Warning
Event Type
Type Description
RdfWriterWarning

Extension Methods