BatchWriter (ml-javaclient-util 4.3.6 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

BatchWriterSupport, DataMovementBatchWriter, RestBatchWriter, XccBatchWriter
```
public interface BatchWriter
```
Interface for writing batches of documents to pre-ML9 clusters (DMSDK can be used with ML9+).

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`initialize()`	Give the writer a chance to perform any initialization it requires before it starts writing documents.
`void`	`waitForCompletion()`	Assuming that the writer is using a multi-threaded approach, call this to wait for the writer to finish performing all of its writes.
`void`	`write(java.util.List<? extends com.marklogic.client.document.DocumentWriteOperation> items)`	Write the given list of documents, as defined by the Java Client DocumentWriteOperation interface.

- Method Detail
  - initialize
```
void initialize()
```
    Give the writer a chance to perform any initialization it requires before it starts writing documents.
  - write
```
void write(java.util.List<? extends com.marklogic.client.document.DocumentWriteOperation> items)
```
    Write the given list of documents, as defined by the Java Client DocumentWriteOperation interface.
    
    Parameters:
    
    items -
  - waitForCompletion
```
void waitForCompletion()
```
    Assuming that the writer is using a multi-threaded approach, call this to wait for the writer to finish performing all of its writes.