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package org.springframework.ws.stream;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
/**
* Defines the contract for payloads that can be written directly to a {@link XMLStreamWriter}.
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @see StreamingWebServiceMessage
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface StreamingPayload {
/**
* Returns the qualified name of the payload. Only the namespace URI and local part of the
* returned qualified name are significant; they must match the name of the root element
* produced by {@link #writeTo(XMLStreamWriter)}.
*
* @return the qualified name
*/
QName getName();
/**
* Writes this payload to the given {@link XMLStreamWriter}.
*
* @param streamWriter the stream writer to write to
* @throws XMLStreamException in case of errors
*/
void writeTo(XMLStreamWriter streamWriter) throws XMLStreamException;
}