/**
* Licensed under the Artistic License; you may not use this file
* except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://displaytag.sourceforge.net/license.html
*
* THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*/
package org.displaytag.export;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Writer;
import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
/**
* Main interface for exportViews which need to output character data.
* @author Fabrizio Giustina
* @version $Revision: 720 $ ($Author: fgiust $)
*/
public interface TextExportView extends ExportView
{
/**
* Returns the exported content as a String.
* @param out output writer
* @throws IOException for exceptions in accessing the output stream
* @throws JspException for other exceptions during export
*/
void doExport(Writer out) throws IOException, JspException;
/**
* If <code>true</code> exported data will be included in the html page. <strong>actually not evaluated. Included
* for future enhancements </strong>
* @return <code>true</code> if exported data should be included in the html page
*/
boolean outputPage();
}