src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/Converter.java

package org.apache.maven.doxia;

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import org.apache.maven.doxia.logging.LogEnabled;
import org.apache.maven.doxia.wrapper.InputFileWrapper;
import org.apache.maven.doxia.wrapper.InputReaderWrapper;
import org.apache.maven.doxia.wrapper.OutputFileWrapper;
import org.apache.maven.doxia.wrapper.OutputStreamWrapper;

/**
 * Interface to convert a Doxia input wrapper to a Doxia output wrapper.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:vincent.siveton@gmail.com">Vincent Siveton</a>
 */
public interface Converter
    extends LogEnabled
{
    /**
     * @return a not null array containing supported input formats, i.e. <code>apt</code>.
     */
    String[] getInputFormats();

    /**
     * @return a not null array containing supported output formats, i.e. <code>xhtml</code>.
     */
    String[] getOutputFormats();

    /**
     * @param input an input file wrapper, not null.
     * @param output an output file wrapper, not null.
     * @throws UnsupportedFormatException if any
     * @throws ConverterException if any
     */
    void convert( InputFileWrapper input, OutputFileWrapper output )
        throws UnsupportedFormatException, ConverterException;

    /**
     * @param input an input reader wrapper, not null.
     * @param output an output writer wrapper, not null.
     * @throws UnsupportedFormatException if any
     * @throws ConverterException if any
     */
    void convert( InputReaderWrapper input, OutputStreamWrapper output )
        throws UnsupportedFormatException, ConverterException;

    /**
     * Make the generated files human readable.
     * <br>
     * <b>Note</b>: actually, only XML based outputs could be formatted.
     *
     * @param formatOutput <code>true</code> to format the generated files, <code>false</code> otherwise.
     */
    void setFormatOutput( boolean formatOutput );
}