toASCII.java

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package dods.servers.ascii;
import java.io.PrintWriter;



/** 
 */
public interface toASCII {


    /**
    * Returns a string representation of the variables value. This
    * is really foreshadowing functionality for Server types, but
    * as it may come in useful for clients it is added here. Simple 
    * types (example: DFloat32) will return a single value. DConstuctor
    * and DVector types will be flattened. DStrings and DURL's will 
    * have double quotes around them.
    */
    public void toASCII(PrintWriter pw, boolean addName, String rootName, boolean newLine);

    public String toASCIIAddRootName(PrintWriter pw, boolean addName, String rootName);
    
    public String toASCIIFlatName(String rootName);


}