LMFXmlWriter.java

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package de.tudarmstadt.ukp.lmf.transform;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

/**
 * Basic writer for UBY-XML files. The class serializes the UBY-LMF model
 * objects to XML.
 * @author Yevgen Chebotar
 * @author Christian M. Meyer
 */
public class LMFXmlWriter extends UBYXMLTransformer {

	/**
	 * Constructs a LMFXmlWriter, XML will be saved to file in outputPath
	 * @param outputPath
	 * @param dtdPath Path of the dtd-File
	 * @throws FileNotFoundException if the writer can not to the specified outputPath
	 */
	public LMFXmlWriter(final String outputPath, final String dtdPath)
			throws FileNotFoundException, SAXException {
		this(new FileOutputStream(outputPath), dtdPath);
	}

	/** Constructs a LMFXmlWriter, XML will be saved to OutputStream out. */
	public LMFXmlWriter(final OutputStream outputStream, final String dtdPath)
			throws SAXException {
		super();
		writeStartDocument(outputStream, dtdPath);
	}

	// Increases visibility of parent method
	@Override
	public void writeElement(Object lmfObject) throws SAXException {
		super.writeElement(lmfObject);
	}

    // Increases visibility of parent method
	@Override
	public void writeEndDocument() throws SAXException {
		super.writeEndDocument();
	}

	@Override
	protected String getResourceAlias() {
		return null;
	}

}