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package org.apache.maven.model.io;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Map;
import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
/**
* Handles serialization of a model into some kind of textual format like XML.
*
* @author Benjamin Bentmann
*/
public interface ModelWriter {
/**
* Writes the supplied model to the specified file. Any non-existing parent directories of the output file will be
* created automatically.
*
* @param output The file to serialize the model to, must not be {@code null}.
* @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
* @param model The model to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
* @throws IOException If the model could not be serialized.
*/
void write(File output, Map options, Model model) throws IOException;
/**
* Writes the supplied model to the specified character writer. The writer will be automatically closed before the
* method returns.
*
* @param output The writer to serialize the model to, must not be {@code null}.
* @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
* @param model The model to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
* @throws IOException If the model could not be serialized.
*/
void write(Writer output, Map options, Model model) throws IOException;
/**
* Writes the supplied model to the specified byte stream. The stream will be automatically closed before the method
* returns.
*
* @param output The stream to serialize the model to, must not be {@code null}.
* @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
* @param model The model to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
* @throws IOException If the model could not be serialized.
*/
void write(OutputStream output, Map options, Model model) throws IOException;
}