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+/*************************************************************************
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+ *
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+ *
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+package com.sun.star.report;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * A repository for writing. Providing a repository always assumes,
+ * that more than one stream can be written.
+ *
+ * @author Thomas Morgner
+ */
+public interface OutputRepository
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an output stream for writing the data. If there is an entry with
+     * that name already contained in the repository, try to overwrite it.
+     *
+     * @param name
+     *    the name of the output stream
+     * @param mimeType
+     *    the mime type of the to-be-created output stream. Repository implementations which do not support
+     *    associating a mime time with a stream might ignore this parameter.
+     * @return the outputstream
+     * @throws IOException if opening the stream fails
+     */
+    OutputStream createOutputStream(final String name, final String mimeType) throws IOException;
+
+    /** allows to acces sub repositories inside this repository
+     *
+     * @param name describes the path to the sub repository
+     * @param mimeType
+     * @return the sub repository
+     * @throws java.io.IOException when the sub repository doesn't exist.
+     */
+    OutputRepository openOutputRepository(final String name, final String mimeType) throws IOException;
+
+    boolean exists(final String name);
+
+    boolean existsStorage(final String name);
+
+    boolean isWritable(final String name);
+
+    void closeOutputRepository();
+}