////  OpenForecast - open source, general-purpose forecasting package.//  Copyright (C) 2002-2003  Steven R. Gould////  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 net.sourceforge.openforecast.output;import net.sourceforge.openforecast.DataSet;/** * An interface that defines the minimal requirements for a class to be * considered an "outputter" - a class that can be used to assist with the * output of a DataSet (set of DataPoint objects) to a variety of different * output destinations. This serves to bring some consistency between the * potentially very different outputter classes. * @author Steven R. Gould * @since 0.4 */public interface Outputter{	/**	 * Outputs the DataSet - a collection of DataPoints - to the current	 * output destination. The DataSet should contain all DataPoints to be	 * output.	 * @param dataSet the DataSet to be output to the current output	 * destination.	 * @throws Exception if an error occurred writing/outputting the DataSet	 * to the output destination.	 */	public void output( DataSet dataSet )		throws Exception;}