IJarDescriptionWriter (Eclipse JDT API Specification)

```
public interface IJarDescriptionWriter
```
Writes the description file of a JAR package data object.
The format is defined by the client who implements the reader/writer pair.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

JarPackageData, IJarDescriptionReader

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Closes this writer.
`IStatus`	`getStatus()`	Returns the status of this reader.
`void`	`write(JarPackageData jarPackage)`	Writes the JAR package data to the description file to to the underlying stream.

- Method Detail
  - write
```
void write(JarPackageData jarPackage)
    throws CoreException
```
    Writes the JAR package data to the description file to to the underlying stream.
    It is the client's responsibility to close this writer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    jarPackage - the jar package data to write
    
    Throws:
    
    CoreException - if writing fails, e.g. I/O error during write operation
  - close
```
void close()
    throws CoreException
```
    Closes this writer.
    It is the client's responsibility to close this writer.
    
    Throws:
    
    CoreException - if closing fails, e.g. I/O error during close operation
  - getStatus
```
IStatus getStatus()
```
    Returns the status of this reader. If there were any errors, the result is a status object containing individual status objects for each error. If there were no errors, the result is a status object with error code OK.
    
    Returns:
    
    the status of this operation