#ifndef UIMA_CASWRITER_ABASE_HPP
#define UIMA_CASWRITER_ABASE_HPP
/** \file caswriter_abase.hpp .
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   \brief An abstract base class for CAS writers

   Description:

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#include "uima/pragmas.hpp"

#include <iostream>
#include "uima/types.h"
#include "uima/unistrref.hpp"

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namespace uima {
  class CAS;
}

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namespace uima {
  /**
   * This is an abstract base class for CAS writers, i.e., a class which
   * can write a CAS to an ostrema. Examples are 
   * XCAS writers and XML dump writers (dump annotator).
   */
  class UIMA_LINK_IMPORTSPEC CASWriterABase {
  protected:
    CAS const & iv_cas;
    bool iv_addDocument;
  public:
    CASWriterABase(CAS const & crCAS, bool bAddDocument);
    virtual ~CASWriterABase();

    virtual void write(ostream& os) = 0;
  };


  class UIMA_LINK_IMPORTSPEC XMLWriterABase : public CASWriterABase {
  public:
    static void normalize(UnicodeStringRef const & in, icu::UnicodeString& out);
  public:
    XMLWriterABase(CAS const & crCAS, bool bAddDocBuffer);
    virtual ~XMLWriterABase();

    virtual void write(ostream& os) = 0;
  };

}


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#endif