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package javax.sql.rowset.spi;

import java.sql.SQLException;

import java.io.Writer;

import javax.sql.RowSetWriter;

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 writer

 * capabilities such as output XML stream capabilities can implement this

 * interface to provide standard <code>XmlWriter</code> objects to

 * <code>WebRowSet</code> implementations.

 * <P>

 * Writing a <code>WebRowSet</code> object includes printing the

 * rowset's data, metadata, and properties, all with the

 * appropriate XML tags.

 */

public interface XmlWriter extends RowSetWriter {

  /**

   * Writes the given <code>WebRowSet</code> object to the specified

   * <code>java.io.Writer</code> output stream as an XML document.

   * This document includes the rowset's data, metadata, and properties

   * plus the appropriate XML tags.

   * <P>

   * The <code>caller</code> parameter must be a <code>WebRowSet</code>

   * object whose <code>XmlWriter</code> field contains a reference to

   * this <code>XmlWriter</code> object.

   *

   * @param caller the <code>WebRowSet</code> instance to be written,

   *        for which this <code>XmlWriter</code> object is the writer

   * @param writer the <code>java.io.Writer</code> object that serves

   *        as the output stream for writing <code>caller</code> as

   *        an XML document

   * @throws SQLException if a database access error occurs or

   *            this <code>XmlWriter</code> object is not the writer

   *            for the given <code>WebRowSet</code> object

   */

  public void writeXML(WebRowSet caller, java.io.Writer writer)

    throws SQLException;

}