DocumentWriter

All Superinterfaces:

HierarchicalStreamWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDocumentWriter, Dom4JWriter, DomWriter, JDom2Writer, JDomWriter, XomWriter, XppDomWriter
```
public interface DocumentWriter
extends HierarchicalStreamWriter
```
A generic interface for all HierarchicalStreamWriter implementations generating a DOM.

Since:

1.2.1

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  java.util.List getTopLevelNodes()
  Retrieve a List with the top elements.
  - Methods inherited from interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamWriter
    addAttribute, close, endNode, flush, setValue, startNode, underlyingWriter

- Method Detail
  - getTopLevelNodes
```
java.util.List getTopLevelNodes()
```
    Retrieve a List with the top elements. In the standard use case this list will only contain a single element. Additional elements can only occur, if HierarchicalStreamWriter.startNode(String) of the implementing HierarchicalStreamWriter was called multiple times with an empty node stack. Such a situation occurs calling XStream.marshal(Object, HierarchicalStreamWriter) multiple times directly.
    
    Returns:
    
    a List with top nodes
    
    Since:
    
    1.2.1