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package uno.informatics.common.io;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Writes to a data source in one step
* @author Guy Davenport
*/
public interface TableWriter extends Reader
{
/**
* Creates a new row in the data source
* @return true if the row was created, false otherwise
*
* @throws IOException if a new row can not be created
*/
public boolean newRow() throws IOException ;
/**
* Creates a new column in the data source
* @return true if the column was created, false otherwise
*
* @throws IOException if a new column can not be created
*/
public boolean newColumn() throws IOException ;
/**
* Writes the value in the current cell of the data source
*
* @param cell value
* @throws IOException if the data can not be written
*/
public void writeCell(Object cell) throws IOException ;
/**
* Write all cells to the data source in one step
* @param cells the cells to be written to the data source
* @throws IOException if the data can not be written
*/
public void writeCells(List> cells) throws IOException ;
/**
* Write all cells to the data source in one step
* @param cells the cells to be written to the data source
* @throws IOException if the data can not be written
*/
public void writeCellsAsArray(Object[][] cells) throws IOException ;
}