content: /**
   * ﻿Copyright (C) 2007 - 2019 52°North Initiative for Geospatial Open Source
   * Software GmbH
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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  package org.n52.wps.io;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.InputStream;
  
  import org.n52.wps.io.data.IData;
  
  /** 
   * Basic interface for all Generators.
   * 
   * @author Matthias Mueller, TU Dresden
   * 
   */
  public interface IGenerator extends IOHandler {
  	
  	/**
  	 * 
  	 * @param data
  	 * @param mimeType
  	 * @param schema
  	 * @return
  	 * 
  	 * generates final output data produced by an IAlgorithm
  	 * and returns an InputStream for subsequent access.
  	 * 
  	 */
  	
  	public InputStream generateStream(IData data, String mimeType, String schema) throws IOException;
  	
  	
  	/**
  	 * 
  	 * @param data
  	 * @param mimeType
  	 * @param schema
  	 * @return
  	 * 
  	 * generates final output data produced by an IAlgorithm, encodes it in Base64
  	 * and returns an InputStream for subsequent access.
  	 * 
  	 */
  	public InputStream generateBase64Stream(IData data, String mimeType, String schema) throws IOException;
  	
  }
  