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25 
26 package javax.sql.rowset.spi;
27 
28 import java.sql.SQLException;
29 import java.io.Writer;
30 
31 import javax.sql.RowSetWriter;
32 import javax.sql.rowset.*;
33 
34 /**
35  * A specialized interface that facilitates an extension of the
36  * <code>SyncProvider</code> abstract class for XML orientated
37  * synchronization providers.
38  * <p>
39  * <code>SyncProvider</code>  implementations that supply XML data writer
40  * capabilities such as output XML stream capabilities can implement this
41  * interface to provide standard <code>XmlWriter</code> objects to
42  * <code>WebRowSet</code> implementations.
43  * <P>
44  * Writing a <code>WebRowSet</code> object includes printing the
45  * rowset's data, metadata, and properties, all with the
46  * appropriate XML tags.
47  *
48  * @since 1.5
49  */
50 public interface XmlWriter extends RowSetWriter {
51 
52   /**
53    * Writes the given <code>WebRowSet</code> object to the specified
54    * <code>java.io.Writer</code> output stream as an XML document.
55    * This document includes the rowset's data, metadata, and properties
56    * plus the appropriate XML tags.
57    * <P>
58    * The <code>caller</code> parameter must be a <code>WebRowSet</code>
59    * object whose <code>XmlWriter</code> field contains a reference to
60    * this <code>XmlWriter</code> object.
61    *
62    * @param caller the <code>WebRowSet</code> instance to be written,
63    *        for which this <code>XmlWriter</code> object is the writer
64    * @param writer the <code>java.io.Writer</code> object that serves
65    *        as the output stream for writing <code>caller</code> as
66    *        an XML document
67    * @throws SQLException if a database access error occurs or
68    *            this <code>XmlWriter</code> object is not the writer
69    *            for the given <code>WebRowSet</code> object
70    */
writeXML(WebRowSet caller, java.io.Writer writer)71   public void writeXML(WebRowSet caller, java.io.Writer writer)
72     throws SQLException;
73 
74 
75 
76 }
77