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package org.apache.cocoon.serialization;

import org.apache.cocoon.xml.AbstractXMLPipe;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

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

public abstract class AbstractSerializer
extends AbstractXMLPipe implements Serializer {

    /**
     * The <code>OutputStream</code> used by this serializer.
     */
    protected OutputStream output;

    /**
     * Set the {@link OutputStream} where the requested resource should
     * be serialized.
     */
    public void setOutputStream(OutputStream out)
    throws IOException {
        this.output = out;
    }

    /**
     * Get the mime-type of the output of this <code>Serializer</code>
     */
    public String getMimeType() {
        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Recycle serializer by removing references
     */
    public void recycle() {
        super.recycle();
        this.output = null;
    }

    /**
     * Test if the component wants to set the content length
     */
    public boolean shouldSetContentLength() {
        return false;
    }

}