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org.apache.cocoon.components.language.markup
Interface MarkupLanguage

All Superinterfaces:

Component

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMarkupLanguage, CocoonMarkupLanguage, XSPMarkupLanguage

public interface MarkupLanguage
extends Component

This interface defines a markup language whose SAX producer's instance are to be translated into an executable program capable or transforming the original document augmenting it with dynamic content

Version:

CVS $Id: MarkupLanguage.html 1304258 2012-03-23 10:09:27Z ilgrosso $

Author:

Ricardo Rocha, Vadim Gritsenko

Field Summary

static String

ROLE

Method Summary

String	generateCode(Source source, String filename, ProgrammingLanguage programmingLanguage) Generate source code from the input source for the target ProgrammingLanguage.
String	getEncoding() Return the input document's encoding or null if it is the platform's default encoding.

Field Detail

ROLE

static final String ROLE

Method Detail

getEncoding

String getEncoding()

Return the input document's encoding or null if it is the platform's default encoding. This method should be called after generateCode method.

Returns:

The input document's encoding

generateCode

String generateCode(Source source,
                    String filename,
                    ProgrammingLanguage programmingLanguage)
                    throws Exception

Generate source code from the input source for the target ProgrammingLanguage.

Parameters:

source - The source document

filename - The input document's original filename

programmingLanguage - The target programming language

Returns:

The generated source code

Throws:

Exception - If an error occurs during code generation