Package org.apache.sling.rewriter

Interface Generator

public interface Generator
The Generator interface defines the start of a rewriter pipeline. A generator is not a component managed by the container (OSGi). A GeneratorFactory is a service managed by the container which creates generator instances on demand.

  • Method Details

    • init

      void init(ProcessingContext context, ProcessingComponentConfiguration config) throws IOException
      Initialize this component.
      Parameters:
      context - The invocation context.
      config - The configuration for this component.
      Throws:
      IOException - in case of any problems

    • setContentHandler

      void setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler)
      Set the content handler the generator should stream to.
      Parameters:
      handler - A transformer or serializer.

    • getWriter

      PrintWriter getWriter()
      Get the writer to write the output to.
      Returns:
      A print writer.

    • finished

      void finished() throws IOException, SAXException
      Notify the generator that parsing is finished.
      Throws:
      IOException - IOException
      SAXException - SAXException

    • dispose

      void dispose()
      Dispose the generator. This method is always invoked by the rewriter in order to allow the generator to release any resources etc. After this method has been called the instance is considered unusable.