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module BioInterchange
class Writer
# Creates a new instance of a writer that will use the provided output stream to serialize object model instances.
#
# +ostream+:: instance of IO or derivative class
def initialize(ostream)
raise BioInterchange::Exceptions::ImplementationWriterError, 'The output stream is not an instance of IO or its subclasses.' unless ostream.kind_of?(IO)
@ostream = ostream
end
# Serializes an object model instance.
#
# +model+:: an object model instance
def serialize(model)
raise BioInterchange::Exceptions::ImplementationWriterError, 'You must implement this method, which takes an object model and serializes it into the previously provided output stream.'
end
end
end
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