org.apache.maven.settings.io
Interface SettingsWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultSettingsWriter

public interface SettingsWriter

Handles serialization of settings into some kind of textual format like XML.

Author:
Benjamin Bentmann

Method Summary
 void write(java.io.File output, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> options, Settings settings)
          Writes the supplied settings to the specified file.
 void write(java.io.OutputStream output, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> options, Settings settings)
          Writes the supplied settings to the specified byte stream.
 void write(java.io.Writer output, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> options, Settings settings)
          Writes the supplied settings to the specified character writer.
 

Method Detail

write

void write(java.io.File output,
           java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> options,
           Settings settings)
           throws java.io.IOException
Writes the supplied settings to the specified file. Any non-existing parent directories of the output file will be created automatically.

Parameters:
output - The file to serialize the settings to, must not be null.
options - The options to use for serialization, may be null to use the default values.
settings - The settings to serialize, must not be null.
Throws:
java.io.IOException - If the settings could not be serialized.

write

void write(java.io.Writer output,
           java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> options,
           Settings settings)
           throws java.io.IOException
Writes the supplied settings to the specified character writer. The writer will be automatically closed before the method returns.

Parameters:
output - The writer to serialize the settings to, must not be null.
options - The options to use for serialization, may be null to use the default values.
settings - The settings to serialize, must not be null.
Throws:
java.io.IOException - If the settings could not be serialized.

write

void write(java.io.OutputStream output,
           java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> options,
           Settings settings)
           throws java.io.IOException
Writes the supplied settings to the specified byte stream. The stream will be automatically closed before the method returns.

Parameters:
output - The stream to serialize the settings to, must not be null.
options - The options to use for serialization, may be null to use the default values.
settings - The settings to serialize, must not be null.
Throws:
java.io.IOException - If the settings could not be serialized.


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