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package javax.sql.rowset.spi;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.io.Reader;
import javax.sql.RowSetReader;
import javax.sql.rowset.*;
/**
* A specialized interface that facilitates an extension of the
* <code>SyncProvider</code> abstract class for XML orientated
* synchronization providers.
* <P>
* <code>SyncProvider</code> implementations that supply XML data reader
* capabilities such as output XML stream capabilities can implement this
* interface to provide standard <code>XmlReader</code> objects to
* <code>WebRowSet</code> implementations.
* <p>
* An <code>XmlReader</code> object is registered as the
* XML reader for a <code>WebRowSet</code> by being assigned to the
* rowset's <code>xmlReader</code> field. When the <code>WebRowSet</code>
* object's <code>readXml</code> method is invoked, it in turn invokes
* its XML reader's <code>readXML</code> method.
*
* @since 1.5
*/
public interface XmlReader extends RowSetReader {
/**
* Reads and parses the given <code>WebRowSet</code> object from the given
* input stream in XML format. The <code>xmlReader</code> field of the
* given <code>WebRowSet</code> object must contain this
* <code>XmlReader</code> object.
* <P>
* If a parsing error occurs, the exception that is thrown will
* include information about the location of the error in the
* original XML document.
*
* @param caller the <code>WebRowSet</code> object to be parsed, whose
* <code>xmlReader</code> field must contain a reference to
* this <code>XmlReader</code> object
* @param reader the <code>java.io.Reader</code> object from which
* <code>caller</code> will be read
* @throws SQLException if a database access error occurs or
* this <code>XmlReader</code> object is not the reader
* for the given rowset
*/
public void readXML(WebRowSet caller, java.io.Reader reader)
throws SQLException;
}