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package com.sun.star.wizards.web.export;

import com.sun.star.io.IOException;
import com.sun.star.lang.XMultiServiceFactory;
import com.sun.star.wizards.ui.event.Task;
import com.sun.star.wizards.web.data.*;

/**
 *
 * @author  rpiterman
 */
public interface Exporter
{

    /**
     * This method exports a document with a specified filter.<br/>
     * The method is responsible for exporting the given source document
     * to the given target directory.
     * The exporter *must* also set the given CGDocument sizeBytes field to the
     * size of the converted document, *if* the target document is
     * of a binary format.
     * always use source.urlFilename as destination filename.
     * @param source is a CGDocument object.
     * @param target contains the URL of a directory to which the 
     * file should be exported to.
     * @param xmsf this is a basic multiServiceFactory.
     * @param task - a task monitoring object. This should advance 
     * (call task.advacne(true) ) 3 times, while exporting.
     * 
     */
    public boolean export(CGDocument source, String targetDirectory, XMultiServiceFactory xmsf, Task task) throws IOException;

    public void init(CGExporter exporter);
}