1 /* 2 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.apache.cocoon.xml; 17 18 19 20 /** 21 * This interfaces identifies classes that produce XML data, sending SAX 22 * events to the configured <code>XMLConsumer</code>. 23 * <br> 24 * It's beyond the scope of this interface to specify a way in which the XML 25 * data production is started. 26 * 27 * @author <a HREF="mailto:pier@apache.org">Pierpaolo Fumagalli</a> 28 * (Apache Software Foundation) 29 * @version CVS $Id: XMLProducer.java 30932 2004-07-29 17:35:38Z vgritsenko $ 30 */ 31 public interface XMLProducer { 32 33 /** 34 * Set the <code>XMLConsumer</code> that will receive XML data. 35 */ 36 void setConsumer(XMLConsumer consumer); 37 38 39 } 40