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/*

 * $Id: WriterChain.java,v 1.1.4.1 2005/09/08 10:58:44 suresh_emailid Exp $

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package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serializer;

import java.io.IOException;

/**

 * It is unfortunate that java.io.Writer is a class rather than an interface.

 * The serializer has a number of classes that extend java.io.Writer

 * and which send their ouput to a yet another wrapped Writer or OutputStream.

 *

 * The purpose of this interface is to force such classes to over-ride all of

 * the important methods defined on the java.io.Writer class, namely these:

 * <code>

 * write(int val)

 * write(char[] chars)

 * write(char[] chars, int start, int count)

 * write(String chars)

 * write(String chars, int start, int count)

 * flush()

 * close()

 * </code>

 * In this manner nothing will accidentally go directly to

 * the base class rather than to the wrapped Writer or OutputStream.

 *

 * The purpose of this class is to have a uniform way of chaining the output of one writer to

 * the next writer in the chain. In addition there are methods to obtain the Writer or

 * OutputStream that this object sends its output to.

 *

 * This interface is only for internal use withing the serializer.

 * @xsl.usage internal

 */

interface WriterChain

{

    /** This method forces us to over-ride the method defined in java.io.Writer */

    public void write(int val) throws IOException;

    /** This method forces us to over-ride the method defined in java.io.Writer */

    public void write(char[] chars) throws IOException;

    /** This method forces us to over-ride the method defined in java.io.Writer */

    public void write(char[] chars, int start, int count) throws IOException;

    /** This method forces us to over-ride the method defined in java.io.Writer */

    public void write(String chars) throws IOException;

    /** This method forces us to over-ride the method defined in java.io.Writer */

    public void write(String chars, int start, int count) throws IOException;

    /** This method forces us to over-ride the method defined in java.io.Writer */

    public void flush() throws IOException;

    /** This method forces us to over-ride the method defined in java.io.Writer */

    public void close() throws IOException;

    /**

     * If this method returns null, getOutputStream() must return non-null.

     * Get the writer that this writer sends its output to.

     *

     * It is possible that the Writer returned by this method does not

     * implement the WriterChain interface.

     */

    public java.io.Writer getWriter();

    /**

     * If this method returns null, getWriter() must return non-null.

     * Get the OutputStream that this writer sends its output to.

     */

    public java.io.OutputStream getOutputStream();

}