| /* |
| * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.apache.cocoon.generation; |
| |
| import org.apache.cocoon.ProcessingException; |
| import org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.SitemapModelComponent; |
| import org.apache.cocoon.xml.XMLProducer; |
| import org.xml.sax.SAXException; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * A generator is the starting point of a pipeline. It "generates" XML |
| * and starts streaming them into the pipeline. |
| * |
| * @version $Id$ |
| */ |
| public interface Generator extends XMLProducer, SitemapModelComponent { |
| |
| String ROLE = Generator.class.getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Generate the XML and stream it into the pipeline |
| */ |
| void generate() |
| throws IOException, SAXException, ProcessingException; |
| } |