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package jdk.internal.util.xml;

/**

 * Basic XMLStreamWriter for writing simple XML files such as those

 * defined in java.util.Properties

 *

 * This is a subset of javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter

 *

 * @author Joe Wang

 */

public  interface XMLStreamWriter {

    //Defaults the XML version to 1.0, and the encoding to utf-8

    public final static String DEFAULT_XML_VERSION = "1.0";

    public final static String DEFAULT_ENCODING = "UTF-8";

    /**

     * Writes a start tag to the output.  All writeStartElement methods

     * open a new scope in the internal namespace context.  Writing the

     * corresponding EndElement causes the scope to be closed.

     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeStartElement(String localName) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Writes an empty element tag to the output

     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeEmptyElement(String localName) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Writes an end tag to the output relying on the internal

     * state of the writer to determine the prefix and local name

     * of the event.

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeEndElement() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Closes any start tags and writes corresponding end tags.

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeEndDocument() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Close this writer and free any resources associated with the

     * writer.  This must not close the underlying output stream.

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void close() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Write any cached data to the underlying output mechanism.

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void flush() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Writes an attribute to the output stream without

     * a prefix.

     * @param localName the local name of the attribute

     * @param value the value of the attribute

     * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Attribute writing

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeAttribute(String localName, String value)

            throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Writes a CData section

     * @param data the data contained in the CData Section, may not be null

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeCData(String data) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Write a DTD section.  This string represents the entire doctypedecl production

     * from the XML 1.0 specification.

     *

     * @param dtd the DTD to be written

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeDTD(String dtd) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Write the XML Declaration. Defaults the XML version to 1.0, and the encoding to utf-8

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeStartDocument() throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * @param version version of the xml document

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeStartDocument(String version) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Write the XML Declaration.  Note that the encoding parameter does

     * not set the actual encoding of the underlying output.  That must

     * be set when the instance of the XMLStreamWriter is created using the

     * XMLOutputFactory

     * @param encoding encoding of the xml declaration

     * @param version version of the xml document

     * @throws XMLStreamException If given encoding does not match encoding

     * of the underlying stream

     */

    public void writeStartDocument(String encoding, String version)

        throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Write text to the output

     * @param text the value to write

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeCharacters(String text) throws XMLStreamException;

    /**

     * Write text to the output

     * @param text the value to write

     * @param start the starting position in the array

     * @param len the number of characters to write

     * @throws XMLStreamException

     */

    public void writeCharacters(char[] text, int start, int len)

        throws XMLStreamException;

}