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package com.sun.tools.doclets.internal.toolkit;

import com.sun.javadoc.*;

import java.io.*;

/**

 * The interface for writing serialized form output.

 *

 * This code is not part of an API.

 * It is implementation that is subject to change.

 * Do not use it as an API

 *

 * @author Jamie Ho

 * @since 1.5

 */

public interface SerializedFormWriter {

    /**

     * Write the given header.

     *

     * @param header the header to write.

     */

    public void writeHeader(String header);

    /**

     * Write the given package header.

     *

     * @param packageName the package header to write.

     */

    public void writePackageHeader(String packageName);

    /**

     * Write the heading for the serializable class.

     *

     * @param classDoc the class being processed.

     */

    public void writeClassHeader(ClassDoc classDoc);

    /**

     * Write the serial UID info.

     *

     * @param header the header that will show up before the UID.

     * @param serialUID the serial UID to print.

     */

    public void writeSerialUIDInfo(String header, String serialUID);

    /**

     * Return an instance of a SerialFieldWriter.

     *

     * @return an instance of a SerialFieldWriter.

     */

    public SerialFieldWriter getSerialFieldWriter(ClassDoc classDoc);

    /**

     * Return an instance of a SerialMethodWriter.

     *

     * @return an instance of a SerialMethodWriter.

     */

    public SerialMethodWriter getSerialMethodWriter(ClassDoc classDoc);

    /**

     * Close the writer.

     */

    public abstract void close() throws IOException;

    /**

     * Write the footer.

     */

    public void writeFooter();

    /**

     * Write the serialized form for a given field.

     */

    public interface SerialFieldWriter {

        /**

         * Write the given heading.

         *

         * @param heading the heading to write.

         */

        public void writeHeader(String heading);

        /**

         * Write the deprecated information for this member.

         *

         * @param field the field to document.

         */

        public void writeMemberDeprecatedInfo(FieldDoc field);

        /**

         * Write the description text for this member.

         *

         * @param field the field to document.

         */

        public void writeMemberDescription(FieldDoc field);

        /**

         * Write the description text for this member represented by the tag.

         *

         * @param serialFieldTag the field to document (represented by tag).

         */

        public void writeMemberDescription(SerialFieldTag serialFieldTag);

        /**

         * Write the tag information for this member.

         *

         * @param field the field to document.

         */

        public void writeMemberTags(FieldDoc field);

        /**

         * Write the member header.

         *

         * @param fieldType the type of the field.

         * @param fieldTypeStr the type of the field in string format.  We will

         * print this out if we can't link to the type.

         * @param fieldDimensions the dimensions of the field.

         * @param fieldName the name of the field.

         */

        public void writeMemberHeader(ClassDoc fieldType, String fieldTypeStr,

            String fieldDimensions, String fieldName);

        /**

         * Write the footer.

         *

         * @param member the member to write the header for.

         */

        public void writeMemberFooter(FieldDoc member);

    }

    /**

     * Write the serialized form for a given field.

     */

    public interface SerialMethodWriter {

        /**

         * Write the given heading.

         *

         * @param heading the heading to write.

         */

        public void writeHeader(String heading);

        /**

         * Write a warning that no serializable methods exist.

         *

         * @param msg the warning to print.

         */

        public void writeNoCustomizationMsg(String msg);

        /**

         * Write the header.

         *

         * @param member the member to write the header for.

         */

        public void writeMemberHeader(MethodDoc member);

        /**

         * Write the footer.

         *

         * @param member the member to write the header for.

         */

        public void writeMemberFooter(MethodDoc member);

        /**

         * Write the deprecated information for this member.

         */

        public void writeDeprecatedMemberInfo(MethodDoc member);

        /**

         * Write the description for this member.

         */

        public void writeMemberDescription(MethodDoc member);

        /**

         * Write the tag information for this member.

         */

        public void writeMemberTags(MethodDoc member);

    }

}