1 /* 2 * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project 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 17 package signature.io; 18 19 import signature.model.IApi; 20 21 import java.io.IOException; 22 23 /** 24 * This interface is used to write API definitions. Possible implementations of 25 * this interface use Java serialization to store the API in binary form on the 26 * disk. An alternative implementation can use ASCII files. 27 */ 28 public interface IApiExternalizer { 29 void externalizeApi(String loacation, IApi signature) throws IOException; 30 } 31