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	This file is part of JavaNPST, a Java library of NonParametric
	Statistical Tests.

	Copyright (C) 2011
	
	J. Derrac (jderrac@decsai.ugr.es)
	S. Garcia (sglopez@ujaen.es)
	F. Herrera (herrera@decsai.ugr.es)

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package javanpst.data.writers.sequenceWriters;

import javanpst.utils.Files;
import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * A class for writing numeric and string sequences into a XML file
 * 
 * @author Joaqu�n Derrac Rus (jderrac@decsai.ugr.es)
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class SequenceXMLWriter{

	/**
	 * Writes a string sequence in a file, in XML format
	 * 
	 * @param seq sequence to write
	 * @param file path of the file
	 */
	public static void writeStringSequence(ArrayList seq, String file){
	
		String text;
		
		//write header
		text="";
		
		Files.writeFile(file,text);
		
		//write sequence
		text="\n\n";
		
		for (String s : seq){
			text+="\t"+s+"\n";          
        }
		text+="";
		
		Files.addToFile(file,text);
		
	}//end-method
	
	/**
	 * Writes a numeric sequence in a file, in XML format
	 * 
	 * @param seq sequence to write
	 * @param file path of the file
	 */
	public static void writeNumericSequence(ArrayList seq,String file){
	
		String text;
		
		//write header
		text="";
		
		Files.writeFile(file,text);
		
		//write sequence
		text="\n\n";
		
		for (Double s : seq){
			text+=""+s+"\n";          
        }
		text+="\n";
		
		Files.addToFile(file,text);
		
	}//end-method
	
}//end-class