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package javanet.staxutils;

/**
 * Characters that represent line breaks and indentation. These are represented
 * as String-valued JavaBean properties.
 */
public interface Indentation {

    /** Two spaces; the default indentation. */
    public static final String DEFAULT_INDENT = "  ";

    /**
     * Set the characters used for one level of indentation. The default is
     * {@link #DEFAULT_INDENT}. "\t" is a popular alternative.
     */
    void setIndent(String indent);

    /** The characters used for one level of indentation. */
    String getIndent();

    /**
     * "\n"; the normalized representation of end-of-line in XML.
     */
    public static final String NORMAL_END_OF_LINE = "\n";

    /**
     * Set the characters that introduce a new line. The default is
     * {@link #NORMAL_END_OF_LINE}.
     * {@link IndentingXMLStreamWriter#getLineSeparator}() is a popular
     * alternative.
     */
    public void setNewLine(String newLine);

    /** The characters that introduce a new line. */
    String getNewLine();

}