/* * Copyright (c) 2003, 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 javax.sql.rowset.spi; import java.sql.SQLException;import java.io.Reader; import javax.sql.RowSetReader;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 reader * capabilities such as output XML stream capabilities can implement this * interface to provider standard <code>XmlReader</code> objects to * <code>WebRowSet</code> implementations. * <p> * An <code>XmlReader</code> object is registered as the * XML reader for a <code>WebRowSet</code> by being assigned to the * rowset's <code>xmlReader</code> field. When the <code>WebRowSet</code> * object's <code>readXml</code> method is invoked, it in turn invokes * its XML reader's <code>readXML</code> method. */public interface XmlReader extends RowSetReader {   /**   * Reads and parses the given <code>WebRowSet</code> object from the given   * input stream in XML format. The <code>xmlReader</code> field of the   * given <code>WebRowSet</code> object must contain this   * <code>XmlReader</code> object.   * <P>   * If a parsing error occurs, the exception that is thrown will   * include information about the location of the error in the   * original XML document.   *   * @param caller the <code>WebRowSet</code> object to be parsed, whose   *        <code>xmlReader</code> field must contain a reference to   *        this <code>XmlReader</code> object   * @param reader the <code>java.io.Reader</code> object from which   *        <code>caller</code> will be read   * @throws SQLException if a database access error occurs or   *            this <code>XmlReader</code> object is not the reader   *            for the given rowset   */  public void readXML(WebRowSet caller, java.io.Reader reader)    throws SQLException; }