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package org.apache.juneau; | |
import java.io.*; | |
/** | |
* Interface that identifies that an object can be serialized directly to a writer. | |
* <p> | |
* Instances must identify the media type of the content by implementing the | |
* {@link #getMediaType()} method. | |
*/ | |
public interface Writable { | |
/** | |
* Serialize this object to the specified writer. | |
* | |
* @param w The writer to write to. | |
* @throws IOException | |
*/ | |
void writeTo(Writer w) throws IOException; | |
/** | |
* Returns the serialized media type for this resource (e.g. <js>"text/html"</js>) | |
* | |
* @return The media type, or <jk>null</jk> if the media type is not known. | |
*/ | |
MediaType getMediaType(); | |
} |