src/main/java/org/apache/xmlbeans/Filer.java

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package org.apache.xmlbeans;

import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 *
 */
public interface Filer
{

    /**
     * Creates a new schema binary file (.xsb) and returns a stream for writing to it.
     *
     * @param typename fully qualified type name
     * @return a stream to write the type to
     *
     * @throws IOException when the file can't be created
     */
    public OutputStream createBinaryFile(String typename) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Creates a new binding source file (.java) and returns a writer for it.
     *
     * @param typename fully qualified type name
     * @return a stream to write the type to
     *
     * @throws IOException when the file can't be created
     */
    public Writer createSourceFile(String typename) throws IOException;

}