Generator.java

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package org.kabeja.processing;

import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Map;

import org.kabeja.DraftDocument;
import org.kabeja.io.GenerationException;


/**
 *
 * This interface describes a Generator, which will generate  output  the given stream.
 *<h3>Lifecycle</h3>
 *
 * <ol>
 * <li>setProperties</li>
 * <li>getSuffix()</li>
 * <li>getMimeType()</li>
 * <li>generate()</li>
 * </ol>
 *@author <a href="mailto:simon.mieth@gmx.de">Simon Mieth</a>
 */
public interface Generator {
    public void setProperties(Map<String,String> properties);

    public String getSuffix();

    public String getMimeType();

    /**
     * Output the generation result to the given stream.
     * @param doc the @see org.kabeja.DraftDocument to  output
     * @param context 
     * @param out
     * @throws GenerationException TODO
     */
    public void generate(DraftDocument doc, Map<String,Object> context, OutputStream out) throws GenerationException;
}