1. /*
  2. * $Id: XmlWritable.java,v 1.1.1.1 2000/11/23 01:53:34 edwingo Exp $
  3. *
  4. * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
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  57. */
  58. package org.apache.crimson.tree;
  59. import java.io.IOException;
  60. /**
  61. * Objects that can write themselves as XML text do so using this
  62. * interface.
  63. *
  64. * @author David Brownell
  65. * @version $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $
  66. */
  67. public interface XmlWritable
  68. {
  69. /**
  70. * This is the primary method used to write an object and
  71. * its children as XML text. Implementations with children
  72. * should use writeChildrenXml to write those children, to
  73. * allow selective overriding.
  74. */
  75. public void writeXml (XmlWriteContext context)
  76. throws IOException;
  77. /**
  78. * Used to write any children of a node.
  79. */
  80. public void writeChildrenXml (XmlWriteContext context)
  81. throws IOException;
  82. }