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package org.apache.maven.settings.io;

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.maven.settings.Settings;

/**
 * Handles serialization of settings into some kind of textual format like XML.
 * 
 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
 */
public interface SettingsWriter
{

    /**
     * Writes the supplied settings to the specified file. Any non-existing parent directories of the output file will
     * be created automatically.
     * 
     * @param output The file to serialize the settings to, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
     * @param settings The settings to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the settings could not be serialized.
     */
    void write( File output, Map options, Settings settings )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes the supplied settings to the specified character writer. The writer will be automatically closed before
     * the method returns.
     * 
     * @param output The writer to serialize the settings to, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
     * @param settings The settings to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the settings could not be serialized.
     */
    void write( Writer output, Map options, Settings settings )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes the supplied settings to the specified byte stream. The stream will be automatically closed before the
     * method returns.
     * 
     * @param output The stream to serialize the settings to, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
     * @param settings The settings to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the settings could not be serialized.
     */
    void write( OutputStream output, Map options, Settings settings )
        throws IOException;

}