package step.core;
import java.io.*;

public abstract class StepGenericInstance implements StepObject {

    public String toString() {
	return toString("");
    }
    public abstract String toString(String tab);

    public String toString(StepAbstractRepository repo) throws Exception {
	StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
	StepGenericWriter stepWriter = new StepGenericWriter(repo, new BufferedWriter(sw));
	this.accept(stepWriter);
	return sw.toString();
    }
    public abstract int size();
    

    public abstract void accept(StepAbstractRepositoryVisitor visitor) throws Exception ;
}