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/*
 * This file is part of Geomajas, a component framework for building
 * rich Internet applications (RIA) with sophisticated capabilities for the
 * display, analysis and management of geographic information.
 * It is a building block that allows developers to add maps
 * and other geographic data capabilities to their web applications.
 *
 * Copyright 2008-2010 Geosparc, http://www.geosparc.com, Belgium
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see .
 */
package org.geomajas.internal.rendering.writer;

import org.geomajas.rendering.GraphicsDocument;
import org.geomajas.rendering.RenderException;

/**
 * Writers are responsible for writing a specific class of objects to a DOM document.
 *
 * @author Jan De Moerloose
 */
public interface GraphicsWriter {

	/**
	 * Writes the object to the specified document, optionally creating a child
	 * element.
	 *
	 * @param object the object
	 * @param document the document
	 * @param asChild create child element if true
	 * @throws RenderException oops
	 */
	void writeObject(Object object, GraphicsDocument document, boolean asChild)
			throws RenderException;
}