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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package jdk.internal.util.xml;
+
+/**
+ * Basic XMLStreamWriter for writing simple XML files such as those
+ * defined in java.util.Properties
+ * 
+ * This is a subset of javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter
+ * 
+ * @author Joe Wang
+ */
+public  interface XMLStreamWriter {
+    
+    //Defaults the XML version to 1.0, and the encoding to utf-8
+    public final static String DEFAULT_XML_VERSION = "1.0";
+    public final static String DEFAULT_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a start tag to the output.  All writeStartElement methods
+     * open a new scope in the internal namespace context.  Writing the
+     * corresponding EndElement causes the scope to be closed.
+     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeStartElement(String localName) throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Writes an empty element tag to the output
+     * @param localName local name of the tag, may not be null
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeEmptyElement(String localName) throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Writes an end tag to the output relying on the internal
+     * state of the writer to determine the prefix and local name
+     * of the event.
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeEndElement() throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Closes any start tags and writes corresponding end tags.
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeEndDocument() throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Close this writer and free any resources associated with the
+     * writer.  This must not close the underlying output stream.
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void close() throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Write any cached data to the underlying output mechanism.
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void flush() throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Writes an attribute to the output stream without
+     * a prefix.
+     * @param localName the local name of the attribute
+     * @param value the value of the attribute
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if the current state does not allow Attribute writing
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeAttribute(String localName, String value)
+            throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a CData section
+     * @param data the data contained in the CData Section, may not be null
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeCData(String data) throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Write a DTD section.  This string represents the entire doctypedecl production
+     * from the XML 1.0 specification.
+     *
+     * @param dtd the DTD to be written
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeDTD(String dtd) throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Write the XML Declaration. Defaults the XML version to 1.0, and the encoding to utf-8
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeStartDocument() throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Write the XML Declaration. Defaults the the encoding to utf-8
+     * @param version version of the xml document
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeStartDocument(String version) throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Write the XML Declaration.  Note that the encoding parameter does
+     * not set the actual encoding of the underlying output.  That must
+     * be set when the instance of the XMLStreamWriter is created using the
+     * XMLOutputFactory
+     * @param encoding encoding of the xml declaration
+     * @param version version of the xml document
+     * @throws XMLStreamException If given encoding does not match encoding
+     * of the underlying stream
+     */
+    public void writeStartDocument(String encoding, String version)
+        throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Write text to the output
+     * @param text the value to write
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeCharacters(String text) throws XMLStreamException;
+
+    /**
+     * Write text to the output
+     * @param text the value to write
+     * @param start the starting position in the array
+     * @param len the number of characters to write
+     * @throws XMLStreamException
+     */
+    public void writeCharacters(char[] text, int start, int len)
+        throws XMLStreamException;
+}