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1   /*
2    * Copyright 2005-2007 Werner Guttmann
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package org.exolab.castor.builder.printing;
17  
18  import org.exolab.javasource.JClass;
19  
20  /**
21   * Interface for printing {@link JClass} instances as Java source code to the 
22   * file system.
23   */
24  public interface JClassPrinter {
25      
26      /**
27       * Prints the given {@link JClass} instance to the given output directory. 
28       *  
29       * @param jClass The JClass to print.
30       * @param outputDir The target directory.
31       * @param lineSeparator The line separator to use.
32       * @param header The standard header to print.
33       */
34      void printClass(final JClass jClass, final String outputDir, 
35              final String lineSeparator, final String header);
36  
37  }