OutputFormatter.java

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package org.apache.jena.sparql.resultset;

import java.io.OutputStream ;

import org.apache.jena.query.ResultSet ;

/** 
 * Interface for all formatters of result sets. */

public interface OutputFormatter
{
    /** Format a result set - output on the given stream
     * @param out
     * @param resultSet
     */
    
    public void format(OutputStream out, ResultSet resultSet) ;

    /** Format a boolean result - output on the given stream
     * @param out
     * @param booleanResult
     */
    
    public void format(OutputStream out, boolean booleanResult) ;
    
    /** Turn into a string */
    public String asString(ResultSet resultSet) ;
}