/* * 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.Writer; import javax.sql.RowSetWriter;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 writer * capabilities such as output XML stream capabilities can implement this * interface to provider standard <code>XmlWriter</code> objects to * <code>WebRowSet</code> implementations. * <P> * Writing a <code>WebRowSet</code> object includes printing the * rowset's data, metadata, and properties, all with the * appropriate XML tags. */public interface XmlWriter extends RowSetWriter {   /**   * Writes the given <code>WebRowSet</code> object to the specified   * <code>java.io.Writer</code> output stream as an XML document.   * This document includes the rowset's data, metadata, and properties   * plus the appropriate XML tags.   * <P>   * The <code>caller</code> parameter must be a <code>WebRowSet</code>   * object whose <code>XmlWriter</code> field contains a reference to   * this <code>XmlWriter</code> object.   *   * @param caller the <code>WebRowSet</code> instance to be written,   *        for which this <code>XmlWriter</code> object is the writer   * @param writer the <code>java.io.Writer</code> object that serves   *        as the output stream for writing <code>caller</code> as   *        an XML document   * @throws SQLException if a database access error occurs or   *            this <code>XmlWriter</code> object is not the writer   *            for the given <code>WebRowSet</code> object   */  public void writeXML(WebRowSet caller, java.io.Writer writer)    throws SQLException;   }