1 package org.apache.maven.doxia.sink;
2
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21
22 import java.io.Writer;
23
24 /**
25 * An abstract <code>SinkFactory</code> for XML markup syntax. <code>UTF-8</code> is used
26 * when no encoding is specified.
27 *
28 * @author <a href="mailto:vincent.siveton@gmail.com">Vincent Siveton</a>
29 * @version $Id: AbstractXmlSinkFactory.java 746978 2009-02-23 12:20:33Z vsiveton $
30 * @since 1.1
31 */
32 public abstract class AbstractXmlSinkFactory
33 extends AbstractTextSinkFactory
34 {
35 /**
36 * Create a text Sink for a given encoding and for a given language identifier.
37 *
38 * @param writer The writer for the sink output, never <code>null</code>.
39 * @param encoding The character encoding used by the writer.
40 * @param languageId language identifier for the root element as defined by
41 * <a href="ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/bcp/bcp47.txt">IETF BCP 47</a>, Tags for the Identification of Languages;
42 * in addition, the empty string may be specified.
43 * @return a Sink for XML output in the given encoding.
44 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag">http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-lang-tag</a>
45 */
46 protected abstract Sink createSink( Writer writer, String encoding, String languageId );
47 }