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+++ b/gnv-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/gnv/exports/Export.java	Fri Nov 06 10:56:18 2009 +0000
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+package de.intevation.gnv.exports;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
+import de.intevation.gnv.transition.exception.TransitionException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Sascha L. Teichmann (sascha.teichmann@intevation.de)
+ * @author Ingo Weinzierl (ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de)
+ */
+public interface Export {
+
+    public interface Profile {
+        String getHeader(int column);
+        int    numberColumns();
+        String toString(int column, String value);
+        char   getSeparator();
+        char   getEscapeCharacter();
+        char   getQuoteCharacter();
+        String getType();
+        String getEncoding();
+    }
+
+    public void create(
+        Profile      profile,
+        OutputStream outputStream, 
+        Collection   result
+    )
+    throws IOException, UnsupportedEncodingException, TransitionException;
+
+}