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22 
23 package com.sun.star.report;
24 
25 import java.io.IOException;
26 import java.io.OutputStream;
27 
28 /**
29  * A repository for writing. Providing a repository always assumes,
30  * that more than one stream can be written.
31  *
32  * @author Thomas Morgner
33  */
34 public interface OutputRepository
35 {
36 
37     /**
38      * Creates an output stream for writing the data. If there is an entry with
39      * that name already contained in the repository, try to overwrite it.
40      *
41      * @param name
42      *    the name of the output stream
43      * @param mimeType
44      *    the mime type of the to-be-created output stream. Repository implementations which do not support
45      *    associating a mime time with a stream might ignore this parameter.
46      * @return the outputstream
47      * @throws IOException if opening the stream fails
48      */
createOutputStream(final String name, final String mimeType)49     OutputStream createOutputStream(final String name, final String mimeType) throws IOException;
50 
51     /** allows to acces sub repositories inside this repository
52      *
53      * @param name describes the path to the sub repository
54      * @param mimeType
55      * @return the sub repository
56      * @throws java.io.IOException when the sub repository doesn't exist.
57      */
openOutputRepository(final String name, final String mimeType)58     OutputRepository openOutputRepository(final String name, final String mimeType) throws IOException;
59 
exists(final String name)60     boolean exists(final String name);
61 
existsStorage(final String name)62     boolean existsStorage(final String name);
63 
isWritable(final String name)64     boolean isWritable(final String name);
65 
closeOutputRepository()66     void closeOutputRepository();
67 }
68