/* Copyright (c) 2008 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package com.google.gdata.wireformats;
import com.google.gdata.model.Element;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* A generator that translates an in-memory representation
* into wire content.
*/
public interface WireFormatGenerator {
/**
* Generate wire content for tree rooted at {@code root}.
*
* @param root root of tree
* @throws IOException if content generation failed
* @throws ContentValidationException if content fails metadata validation
*/
public void generate(Element root) throws IOException,
ContentValidationException;
}