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#pragma once
#ifndef XMLWRITER_H
#define XMLWRITER_H

#include "BookManipulation/FolderKeeper.h"

class Book;
class QIODevice;

/**
 * An abstract base class for XML writers like 
 * NCXWriter and OPFWriter.
 */
class XMLWriter
{

public:

    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param book The book for which we're writing the XML.
     * @param device The IODevice into which we should write the XML.
     */
    XMLWriter( const Book &book, QIODevice &device );

    /**
     * Destructor.
     */
    virtual ~XMLWriter();
    
    /**
     * Writes the XML file to the disk.
     */
    virtual void WriteXML() = 0;
    
protected:

    /**
     * The book being exported.
     */
    const Book &m_Book;

    /**
     * The IO device that we are writing to.
     */
    QIODevice &m_IODevice;

    /**
     *  The XML writer used to write XML.
     */   
    QXmlStreamWriter *m_Writer;
};

#endif // XMLWRITER_H

