org.eclipse.jdt.ui.jarpackager
Interface IJarDescriptionWriter

public interface IJarDescriptionWriter

Writes the description file of a JAR package data object.

The format is defined by the client who implements the reader/writer pair.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

JarPackageData, IJarDescriptionReader

Method Summary

void	close() Closes this writer.
IStatus	getStatus() Returns the status of this reader.
void	write(JarPackageData jarPackage) Writes the JAR package data to the description file to to the underlying stream.

Method Detail

write

public void write(JarPackageData jarPackage)
           throws CoreException

Writes the JAR package data to the description file to to the underlying stream.

It is the client's responsibility to close this writer.

Throws:

CoreException - if writing fails, e.g. I/O error during write operation

close

public void close()
           throws CoreException

Closes this writer.

It is the client's responsibility to close this writer.

Throws:

CoreException - if closing fails, e.g. I/O error during close operation

getStatus

public IStatus getStatus()

Returns the status of this reader. If there were any errors, the result is a status object containing individual status objects for each error. If there were no errors, the result is a status object with error code OK.

Returns:

the status of this operation