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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.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:pier@apache.org">Pierpaolo Fumagalli</a>
* (Apache Software Foundation)
* @version CVS $Id$
*/
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;
}