RDFWriterF


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27   * $Id: RDFWriterF.java,v 1.5 2005/02/21 12:14:23 andy_seaborne Exp $
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29  
30  package com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model;
31  
32  /** An RDFReader factory inferface.
33   *
34   * <p>The factory will create an appropriate writer for the particular
35   *   serialization language being read.  Predefined languages include:</p>
36   * <ul>
37   * <li>RDF/XML - default</li>
38   * <li>RDF/XML-ABBREV</li>
39   * <li>N-TRIPLE</li>
40   * <li>N3</li>
41   * </ul>
42   *<p>System wide defaults for classes to use as readers for these languages
43   *are defined.  These defaults may be overwridden by setting a system property
44   *with a name of the form com.hp.hpl.jena.readers.<lang> to the class
45   *name.</p>
46   * @author bwm
47   * @version $Version$ $Date: 2005/02/21 12:14:23 $
48   */
49  
50  public interface RDFWriterF {
51      
52  /** return an RDFWriter instance for the default serialization language.
53   * @return an RDFWriter instance for the default serialization language.
54   */    
55      public RDFWriter getWriter();
56      
57  /** an RDFWriter instance for the specified serialization language.
58   * @param lang the serialization langauge - <code>null</code> selects the
59   *             default
60   * @return the RDFWriter instance
61   */    
62      public RDFWriter getWriter(String   lang); 
63      
64  /** set the class name for the RDFWriter for a langauge
65   * @param lang the language for which this class should be used
66   * @param className the class name for writers for this language
67   * @return the old class name for this language
68   */    
69      public String   setWriterClassName(String   lang, String   className);
70      
71  // * @deprecated Replaced by setWriter.
72  
73  }
74  
75
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