1 /**
2 * Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Alfresco Software Limited.
3 *
4 * This file is part of the Spring Surf Extension project.
5 *
6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
9 *
10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11 *
12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
16 * limitations under the License.
17 */
18
19 package org.springframework.extensions.webscripts;
20
21 import java.io.OutputStream;
22 import java.io.Writer;
23
24
25 /**
26 * Converts a Java Object to a mimetype
27 *
28 * @author davidc
29 * @param <Type>
30 */
31 public interface FormatWriter<Type>
32 {
33 /**
34 * Gets the source Java class to convert from
35 *
36 * @return Java class
37 */
38 public Class<? extends Type> getSourceClass();
39
40 /**
41 * Gets the mimetype to convert to
42 *
43 * @return mimetype
44 */
45 public String getDestinationMimetype();
46
47 /**
48 * Converts Java object to mimetype
49 *
50 * @param object
51 * @param output
52 */
53 public void write(Type object, Writer output);
54
55 /**
56 * Converts Java object to mimetype
57 *
58 * @param object
59 * @param output
60 */
61 public void write(Type object, OutputStream output);
62
63 }