fop-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/pdf/PDFWritable.java

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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;

}