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| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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| */ |
| |
| /* $Id$ */ |
| |
| package org.apache.fop.pdf; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| import java.io.OutputStream; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface is implemented by classes that can be serialized to a PDF file either by |
| * serializing the object or by writing a indirect reference to the actual object. |
| */ |
| public interface PDFWritable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Writes a "direct object" (inline object) representation to the stream. A text buffer is given |
| * for optimized encoding of text content. |
| * <p> |
| * IMPORTANT: If you need to write out binary output, call |
| * {@link PDFDocument#flushTextBuffer(StringBuilder, OutputStream)} before writing any content |
| * to the {@link OutputStream}! |
| * @param out the OutputStream (for binary content) |
| * @param textBuffer the text buffer for text content |
| * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs |
| */ |
| void outputInline(OutputStream out, StringBuilder textBuffer) throws IOException; |
| |
| } |