com.infodesire.infobit.external
Interface InfobitExporter

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleExporter, VelocityExporter

public interface InfobitExporter

Defines the protocol to convert a set of infobits into an external (XML) representation

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

peter2

Method Summary

void	export(java.util.Collection infobits, java.io.Writer writer) Converts the specified set of infobits into an XML representation.
InfobitManager	getManager() Gets the manager to work with.
void	init() Prepares the instance to be used.
void	setManager(InfobitManager manager) Defines the manager to work with.

Method Detail

setManager

public void setManager(InfobitManager manager)

Defines the manager to work with.

Parameters:

manager - The manager to access infobits

getManager

public InfobitManager getManager()

Gets the manager to work with.

Returns:

The manager to access infobits

init

public void init()
          throws InfobitException

Prepares the instance to be used.

Throws:

InfobitException - Description of Exception

export

public void export(java.util.Collection infobits,
                   java.io.Writer writer)
            throws InfobitException

Converts the specified set of infobits into an XML representation.

Parameters:

infobits - The infobits to externalize. Infobits are externalized in the order obtained from than argument. Collection of Infobit.

writer - The destination where to write the XML representation of infobits to

Throws:

InfobitException - Unexpected error condition