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1   package org.apache.maven.model.io;
2   
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21  
22  import java.io.File;
23  import java.io.IOException;
24  import java.io.OutputStream;
25  import java.io.Writer;
26  import java.util.Map;
27  
28  import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
29  
30  /**
31   * Handles serialization of a model into some kind of textual format like XML.
32   * 
33   * @author Benjamin Bentmann
34   */
35  public interface ModelWriter
36  {
37  
38      /**
39       * Writes the supplied model to the specified file. Any non-existing parent directories of the output file will be
40       * created automatically.
41       * 
42       * @param output The file to serialize the model to, must not be {@code null}.
43       * @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
44       * @param model The model to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
45       * @throws IOException If the model could not be serialized.
46       */
47      void write( File output, Map<String, Object> options, Model model )
48          throws IOException;
49  
50      /**
51       * Writes the supplied model to the specified character writer. The writer will be automatically closed before the
52       * method returns.
53       * 
54       * @param output The writer to serialize the model to, must not be {@code null}.
55       * @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
56       * @param model The model to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
57       * @throws IOException If the model could not be serialized.
58       */
59      void write( Writer output, Map<String, Object> options, Model model )
60          throws IOException;
61  
62      /**
63       * Writes the supplied model to the specified byte stream. The stream will be automatically closed before the method
64       * returns.
65       * 
66       * @param output The stream to serialize the model to, must not be {@code null}.
67       * @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
68       * @param model The model to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
69       * @throws IOException If the model could not be serialized.
70       */
71      void write( OutputStream output, Map<String, Object> options, Model model )
72          throws IOException;
73  
74  }