/*
 * XML input/output support for FindBugs
 * Copyright (C) 2004, University of Maryland
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library 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
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

package edu.umd.cs.findbugs.xml;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Utility routines for writing to XMLOutput.
 *
 * @see XMLOutput
 * @author David Hovemeyer
 */
public abstract class XMLOutputUtil {
	/**
	 * Write a list of Strings to document as elements
	 * with given tag name.
	 *
	 * @param xmlOutput  the XMLOutput object to write to
	 * @param tagName    the tag name
	 * @param listValues Collection of String values to write
	 */
	public static void writeElementList(XMLOutput xmlOutput, String tagName,
			Collection<String> listValues) throws IOException {
		writeElementList(xmlOutput, tagName, listValues.iterator());
	}

	/**
	 * Write a list of Strings to document as elements
	 * with given tag name.
	 *
	 * @param xmlOutput         the XMLOutput object to write to
	 * @param tagName           the tag name
	 * @param listValueIterator Iterator over String values to write
	 */
	public static void writeElementList(XMLOutput xmlOutput, String tagName,
			Iterator<String> listValueIterator) throws IOException {
		while (listValueIterator.hasNext()) {
			xmlOutput.openTag(tagName);
			xmlOutput.writeText(listValueIterator.next());
			xmlOutput.closeTag(tagName);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Write a Collection of XMLWriteable objects.
	 *
	 * @param xmlOutput  the XMLOutput object to write to
	 * @param collection Collection of XMLWriteable objects
	 */
	public static void writeCollection(XMLOutput xmlOutput, Collection<? extends XMLWriteable> collection)
			throws IOException {
		for (XMLWriteable obj : collection) {
			obj.writeXML(xmlOutput);
		}
	}
}

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