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package org.apache.cxf.databinding;

import java.util.Collection;

import javax.xml.validation.Schema;

import org.apache.cxf.message.Attachment;
import org.apache.cxf.service.model.MessagePartInfo;

/**
 * The 'write' side of the data binding abstraction of CXF. A DataWriter&lt;T&gt; serializes
 * objects to a 'sink' of type T.
 * @param <T> The type of sink. Each data binding defines the set of sink types that it supports.
 */
public interface DataWriter<T> {
    String ENDPOINT = DataWriter.class.getName() + "Endpoint";
    
    /**
     * Write an object to an output sink.
     * @param obj the object to write.
     * @param output the output sink.
     */
    void write(Object obj, T output);
    /**
     * Write an object to an output sink, including extra processing based on the WSDL 
     * service model for a particular message part.
     * @param obj The object to write.
     * @param part the message part. 
     * @param output the output sink.
     */
    void write(Object obj, MessagePartInfo part, T output);
    /**
     * Attach a schema to the writer. If the binding supports validation, it will
     * validate the XML that it produces (assuming that it produces XML). 
     * @param s the schema.
     */
    void setSchema(Schema s);
    /**
     * Attach a collection of attachments to this writer.
     * @param attachments
     */
    void setAttachments(Collection<Attachment> attachments);
    /**
     * Set a property for the writer.
     * @param key property key 
     * @param value property value.
     */
    void setProperty(String key, Object value);
}
