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**  File Author(s):
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**    Magnus Norddahl
*/

/// \addtogroup clanCore_XML clanCore XML
/// \{

#pragma once

#include "../api_core.h"
#include "../System/sharedptr.h"

class CL_IODevice;
class CL_XMLToken;
class CL_XMLWriter_Generic;

/// \brief The XML Writer writes a XML file based on XML tokens.
///
/// \xmlonly !group=Core/XML! !header=core.h! \endxmlonly
class CL_API_CORE CL_XMLWriter
{
/// \name Construction
/// \{

public:
	CL_XMLWriter();

	/// \brief Constructs a XMLWriter
	///
	/// \param copy = XMLWriter
	CL_XMLWriter(const CL_XMLWriter &copy);

	/// \brief Constructs a XMLWriter
	///
	/// \param output = IODevice
	CL_XMLWriter(CL_IODevice &output);

	virtual ~CL_XMLWriter();

/// \}
/// \name Attributes
/// \{

public:
	/// \brief Returns the insert whitespace flag.
	bool get_insert_whitespace() const;

	/// \brief Inserts whitespace between tags if enabled.
	void set_insert_whitespace(bool enable);

/// \}
/// \name Operations
/// \{

public:
	/// \brief Write token to file.
	void write(const CL_XMLToken &token);

/// \}
/// \name Implementation
/// \{

private:
	CL_SharedPtr<CL_XMLWriter_Generic> impl;
/// \}
};

/// \}
