1 // 2 // Informa -- RSS Library for Java 3 // Copyright (c) 2002 by Niko Schmuck 4 // 5 // Niko Schmuck 6 // http://sourceforge.net/projects/informa 7 // mailto:niko_schmuck@users.sourceforge.net 8 // 9 // This library is free software. 10 // 11 // You may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU 12 // Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. 13 // 14 // Version 2.1 of the license should be included with this distribution in 15 // the file LICENSE. If the license is not included with this distribution, 16 // you may find a copy at the FSF web site at 'www.gnu.org' or 'www.fsf.org', 17 // or you may write to the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, 18 // MA 02139 USA. 19 // 20 // This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 21 // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied waranty of 22 // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 23 // Lesser General Public License for more details. 24 // 25 26 27 // $Id: ChannelExporterIF.java,v 1.4 2004/01/30 20:36:05 niko_schmuck Exp $ 28 29 package de.nava.informa.core; 30 31 import java.io.IOException; 32 33 /** 34 * A channel exporter is used to write channel objects in an 35 * implementation dependent way to an implicit destination.</p> 36 * 37 * @author Niko Schmuck (niko@nava.de) 38 */ 39 public interface ChannelExporterIF { 40 41 /** 42 * Writes the given channel to an implicit implementation dependent 43 * destination. 44 * 45 * @param channel - The channel to be exported/written; 46 * an object implementing ChannelIF. 47 * @throws IOException - Thrown if writing the channel fails. 48 */ 49 void write(ChannelIF channel) throws IOException; 50 51 } 52