IXMLWriter.java

/*
* IzPack - Copyright 2001-2008 Julien Ponge, All Rights Reserved.
*
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*
* Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Anthonin Bonnefoy
* Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 David Duponchel
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package com.izforge.izpack.adaptator;

import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Interface to use the javax xml writer.
 * It stores the output.
 *
 * @author Anthonin Bonnefoy
 * @author David Duponchel
 */
public interface IXMLWriter
{

    /**
     * Write the xml in the writer output
     *
     * @param element Xml to write
     *
     * @throws javax.xml.transform.TransformerException
     *
     */
    void write(IXMLElement element) throws TransformerException;

    /**
     * Set the outputStream of the writer
     *
     * @param outputStream The outputStream
     */
    void setOutput(OutputStream outputStream);


    /**
     * Set the output to a URL
     *
     * @param systemId Url of the output
     */
    void setOutput(String systemId);
}