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package org.eclipse.wst.wsi.internal.core.report;

import java.io.Writer;

import org.eclipse.wst.wsi.internal.core.document.DocumentWriter;

/**
 * Defines the interface used to write the report documents.
 * 
 * @version 1.0.1
 * @author Peter Brittenham (peterbr@us.ibm.com)
 */
public interface ReportWriter extends DocumentWriter
{
  /**
   * Write the entire contents of the document using the location
   * that was previously set using the setLocation method.
   * @param report a report.
   * @throws IllegalStateException if this operation has been invoked 
   *         at an illegal or inappropriate time
   */
  public void write(Report report) throws IllegalStateException;

  /**
   * Write the entire contents of the document.
   * @param report a report.
   * @param writer a Writer object.
   */
  public void write(Report report, Writer writer);
}