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The coolest XML library for Java around. Define typesafe views (projections) to xml. Use XPath to read and write XML. Bind XML to Java collections. Requires at least Java6, supports Java8 features and has no further runtime dependencies.

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/**
 *  Copyright 2013 Sven Ewald
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *  limitations under the License.
 */
package org.xmlbeam;

import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.xmlbeam.annotation.XBDocURL;
import org.xmlbeam.io.XBFileIO;
import org.xmlbeam.io.XBStreamInput;
import org.xmlbeam.io.XBStreamOutput;
import org.xmlbeam.io.XBUrlIO;

/**
 * A ProjectionIO is responsible for every IO operation related to projections. Before coding your
 * own IO implementation, you should have a look at the tutorials for usage examples.
 */
public interface ProjectionIO {

    /**
     * Get access to the file IO.
     * @param file
     * @return a XBFileIO for this file.
     */
    XBFileIO file(File file);

    
    /**
     * Get access to the file IO.
     * @param fileName
     * @return a XBFileIO for this filename.
     */
    XBFileIO file(String fileName);

    /**
     * Get access to the url IO.
     * @param url
     * @return a XBUrlIO for this url
     */
    XBUrlIO url(String url);
    
    /**
     * Get access to the stream IO
     * @param is
     * @return a XBStreamInput for this InputStream
     */
    XBStreamInput stream(InputStream is);

    /**
     * Get access to the stream IO
     * @param os
     * @return a XBStreamOutput for this OutputStream
     */
    XBStreamOutput stream(OutputStream os);

    /**
     * Create a new projection using a {@link XBDocURL} annotation on this interface. When the
     * XBDocURL starts with the protocol identifier "resource://" the class loader of the projection
     * interface will be used to read the resource from the current class path.
     * 
     * @param projectionInterface
     *            a public interface.
     * @param optionalParams 
     * @return a new projection instance
     * @throws IOException
     */
     T fromURLAnnotation(final Class projectionInterface, Object... optionalParams) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Write projection document to url (file or http post) of {@link XBDocURL} annotation.
     * 
     * @param projection
     * @param optionalParams 
     * @return response of http post or null for file urls.
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws URISyntaxException
     */
    String toURLAnnotationViaPOST(final Object projection, Object... optionalParams) throws IOException, URISyntaxException;

}