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package org.mulgara.store.exporter;

// Java 2 standard packages
import java.io.*;

// Local packages
import org.jrdf.graph.GraphException;
import org.jrdf.graph.Graph;

/**
 * A Writer used to write a serialization for a Mulgara model.
 *
 * @created 2004-02-23
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:pag@tucanatech.com">Paula Gearon</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1.8 $
 *
 * @modified $Date: 2005/01/05 04:58:25 $
 *
 * @maintenanceAuthor $Author: newmana $
 *
 * @company <A href="mailto:info@PIsoftware.com">Plugged In Software</A>
 *
 * @copyright ©2001 <a href="http://www.pisoftware.com/">Plugged In
 *      Software Pty Ltd</a>
 *
 * @licence <a href="{@docRoot}/../../LICENCE">Mozilla Public License v1.1</a>
 */
public interface GraphWriter {

  /**
   * Writes the contents of the JRDFGraph to a PrintWriter in RDF/XML format.
   *
   * @param graph JRDF Graph containing the Statements to be written.
   * @param writer PrintWriter Where to write the statements.
   * @throws GraphException
   */
  public void write(Graph graph, PrintWriter writer) throws GraphException;

  /**
   * Writes the contents of the JRDFGraph to a PrintWriter in RDF/XML format
   * with the encoding specified in the opening XML tag.
   *
   * @param graph JRDF Graph
   * @param writer PrintWriter
   * @throws GraphException
   */
  public void write(Graph graph, OutputStreamWriter writer) throws GraphException;

}