/*
* RHQ Management Platform
* Copyright (C) 2005-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
package org.rhq.enterprise.server.sync.exporters;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
import org.rhq.enterprise.server.sync.ExportWriter;
/**
*
*
* @author Lukas Krejci
*/
public interface ExportingIterator<E> extends Iterator<E> {
/**
* Exports the current entity using the provided writer.
* <p>
* Can throw a runtime exception to denote a failure.
*
* @param output
*/
void export(ExportWriter output) throws XMLStreamException;
/**
* This is the opportunity for the exporter to submit some
* messages that will be transfered to the export file. This
* is to submit some human understandable information that is
* not otherwise formalized or to convey some other information
* about otherwise successful export of the single entity.
*
* @return
*/
String getNotes();
}