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.. _`SqlTypeConverter`: /api/org/apache/ddlutils/io/converters/SqlTypeConverter.html

writeDataToFile
===============

Generates an XML file containing the data currently stored in the database.

Attributes
----------

``encoding``
    :Required: no
    :Allowed:
    :Default: UTF-8
    :Meaning: The desired encoding of the XML file.

``failOnError``
    :Required: no
    :Allowed: ``true``, ``false``
    :Default: ``true``
    :Meaning: Specifies whether the execution shall stop if an error has occurred while the task runs.

``outputFile``
    :Required: yes
    :Allowed: 
    :Default: 
    :Meaning: Specifies the XML file to write the data to.

Subelements
-----------

``converter``
    Defines a class that is able to convert between the Java type corresponding to a SQL type
    (e.g. ``java.sql.Date``, ``java.lang.String``) and strings to be used in XML files.

    *Attributes*

    ``className``
        :Required: yes
        :Allowed:
        :Default:
        :Meaning: Specifies the fully qualified class name of the converter. Note that the class is
                  required to implement the `SqlTypeConverter`_ interface.

    ``column``
        :Required: Either this together with ``table`` or ``jdbcType``
        :Allowed:
        :Default:
        :Meaning: Specifies the column for which this converter shall be used.

    ``jdbcType``
        :Required: Either this or ``table`` + ``column``
        :Allowed:
        :Default:
        :Meaning: Specifies the JDBC type for which this converter shall be used. Note that converters
                  specified for a specific column override converters defined for types.

    ``table``
        :Required: Either this together with ``column`` or ``jdbcType``
        :Allowed:
        :Default:
        :Meaning: Specifies the table for which this converter shall be used.