Application: gvSIG desktop

/**

 * gvSIG. Desktop Geographic Information System.

 *

 * Copyright (C) 2007-2013 gvSIG Association.

 *

 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3

 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,

 * MA  02110-1301, USA.

 *

 * For any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us

 * at info AT gvsig.com, or visit our website www.gvsig.com.

 */

package org.gvsig.fmap.mapcontext.rendering.legend.driver;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.gvsig.fmap.mapcontext.exceptions.WriteLegendException;

import org.gvsig.fmap.mapcontext.rendering.legend.ILegend;

public interface ILegendWriter {

    /**

     * Writes a legend to a file.

     * 

     * Format is a MIME type string. Examples:

     * 

     * "application/zip; subtype=gvsleg",

     * "text/xml; subtype=sld/1.0.0",

     * "text/xml; subtype=sld/1.1.0",

     * 

     * @param legend

     * @param outFile

     * @param format

     * @throws WriteLegendException

     * @throws IOException

     */

    public void write(ILegend legend, File outFile, String format)

    throws WriteLegendException, IOException;

}