fop/fop-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/rtf/rtflib/rtfdoc/IRtfParagraphContainer.java

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package org.apache.fop.render.rtf.rtflib.rtfdoc;

/*
 * This file is part of the RTF library of the FOP project, which was originally
 * created by Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacretaz@codeconsult.ch and by other
 * contributors to the jfor project (www.jfor.org), who agreed to donate jfor to
 * the FOP project.
 */

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * <p>Interface for RtfElements that can contain RtfParagraphs.</p>
 *
 * <p>This work was authored by Bertrand Delacretaz (bdelacretaz@codeconsult.ch).</p>
 */

public interface IRtfParagraphContainer {
    /**
     * Close current paragraph, if any, and start a new one with default
     * attributes.
     * @throws IOException for I/O problems.
     * @return new paragraph object
     */
    RtfParagraph newParagraph() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Close current paragraph, if any, and start a new one with specified
     * attributes
     * @param attr attributes for new paragraph
     * @return new paragraph object
     * @throws IOException for I/O problems.
     */
    RtfParagraph newParagraph(RtfAttributes attr) throws IOException;

}