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#ifndef __com_sun_star_io_XTextOutputStream_idl__
#define __com_sun_star_io_XTextOutputStream_idl__

#include <com/sun/star/io/XOutputStream.idl>

#include <com/sun/star/io/IOException.idl>



module com {  module sun {  module star {  module io {

/** Interface to write strings to a stream using a special
    character encoding.

    <p>This interfaces allows to write strings to a stream.
    The character encoding to be used can be set by
    setEncoding(). Default encoding is "utf8".</p>
 */
published interface XTextOutputStream: com::sun::star::io::XOutputStream
{
    /** writes a string to the stream using the encoding
        defined by setEncoding().

        <p>Line breaks or delimiters that may be necessary
        to support XTextInputStream::readLine()
        and XTextInputStream::readString()
        have to be added manually to the parameter string.</p>

        @see setEncoding
        @see XTextInputStream::readLine
        @see XTextInputStream::readString
     */
    void writeString( [in] string aString )
            raises( com::sun::star::io::IOException );

    /** sets character encoding.

        @param Encoding
            sets the character encoding that should be used.
            The character encoding names refer to the document
            http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets.
            Which character sets are supported depends on
            the implementation.
     */
    void setEncoding( [in] string Encoding );
};


}; }; }; };

#endif

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