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+package de.intevation.gnv.exports;
+
+import java.awt.Transparency;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
+
+/**
+ * @author Ingo Weinzierl <ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de>
+ */
+public class ChartExportHelper {
+
+    private static final String DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = "A4";
+
+    private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(ChartExportHelper.class);
+
+    public static void exportImage(
+        OutputStream out,
+        JFreeChart chart,
+        String format,
+        int width,
+        int height
+    )
+    throws IOException
+    {
+        log.info("export chart as png");
+
+        ImageIO.write(
+            chart.createBufferedImage(
+                width, height, Transparency.BITMASK, null
+            ),
+            format,
+            out
+        );
+    }
+
+    public static void exportSVG() {
+        log.info("export chart as svg (not implemented yet)");
+    }
+
+    public static void exportPDF() {
+        log.info("export chart as pdf (not implemented yet)");
+    }
+}