code: //==============================================================================
  //	
  //	Copyright (c) 2002-
  //	Authors:
  //	* Andrew Hinton <ug60axh@cs.bham.ac.uk> (University of Birmingham)
  //	* Dave Parker <david.parker@comlab.ox.ac.uk> (University of Oxford, formerly University of Birmingham)
  //	
  //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  //	
  //	This file is part of PRISM.
  //	
  //	PRISM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  //	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  //	the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  //	(at your option) any later version.
  //	
  //	PRISM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  //	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  //	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  //	GNU General Public License for more details.
  //	
  //	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  //	along with PRISM; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  //	Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
  //	
  //==============================================================================
  
  package userinterface.properties.computation;
  
  import userinterface.properties.*;
  import java.io.*;
  import javax.swing.*;
  import userinterface.util.*;
  
  public class ExportResultsThread extends Thread
  {
  	private GUIMultiProperties parent;
  	private GUIExperiment exps[];
  	private File f;
  	private Exception saveError;
  	private boolean exportMatrix; // export in matrix form?
  	private String sep; // string separating items
  	
  	/** Creates a new instance of ExportResultsThread */
  	public ExportResultsThread(GUIMultiProperties parent, GUIExperiment exp, File f)
  	{
  		this.parent = parent;
  		this.exps = new GUIExperiment[1];
  		this.exps[0] = exp;
  		this.f = f;
  		this.exportMatrix = false;
  		this.sep = " ";
  	}
  	
  	/** Creates a new instance of ExportResultsThread */
  	public ExportResultsThread(GUIMultiProperties parent, GUIExperiment exps[], File f)
  	{
  		this.parent = parent;
  		this.exps = exps;
  		this.f = f;
  		this.exportMatrix = false;
  		this.sep = " ";
  	}
  	
  	/** Creates a new instance of ExportResultsThread */
  	public ExportResultsThread(GUIMultiProperties parent, GUIExperiment exps[], File f, boolean exportMatrix, String sep)
  	{
  		this.parent = parent;
  		this.exps = exps;
  		this.f = f;
  		this.exportMatrix = exportMatrix;
  		this.sep = sep;
  	}
  	
  	public void run()
  	{
  		SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
  		{
  			public void run()
  			{
  					parent.startProgress();
  					parent.notifyEventListeners(new GUIComputationEvent(GUIComputationEvent.COMPUTATION_START, parent));
  					parent.setTaskBarText("Exporting results...");
  			}
  		});
  		
  		try {
  			int i, n;
  			PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(f));
  			n = exps.length;
  			for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
  				if (i > 0)
  					out.println();
  				if (n > 1) {
  					if (sep.equals(", "))
  						out.print("\"" + exps[i].getPropertyString() + ":\"\n");
  					else
  						out.print(exps[i].getPropertyString() + ":\n");
  				}
  				if (!exportMatrix) {
  					out.println(exps[i].getResults().toString(false, sep, sep));
  				} else {
  					out.println(exps[i].getResults().toStringMatrix(sep));
  				}
  			}
  			out.flush();
  			out.close();
  		}
  		catch (Exception e) {
  			SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
  			{
  				public void run()
  				{
  					parent.stopProgress(); 
  					parent.notifyEventListeners(new GUIComputationEvent(GUIComputationEvent.COMPUTATION_ERROR, parent));
  					parent.setTaskBarText("Exporting results... error.");
  					parent.error("Could not export results: " + saveError.getMessage());
  				}
  			});
  		}
  		
  		//Computation successful, notify the user interface
  		SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
  		{
  			public void run()
  			{
  					parent.stopProgress();
  					parent.setTaskBarText("Exporting results... done.");
  					parent.notifyEventListeners(new GUIComputationEvent(GUIComputationEvent.COMPUTATION_DONE, parent));
  			}
  		});
  	}
  }
  