Generator (The Adobe Experience Manager SDK 2021.8.5705.20210810T082946Z-210700)

```
public interface Generator
```
The Generator interface defines the start of a rewriter pipeline. A generator is not a component managed by the container (OSGi). A GeneratorFactory is a service managed by the container which creates generator instances on demand.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`dispose()`	Dispose the generator.
`void`	`finished()`	Notify the generator that parsing is finished.
`PrintWriter`	`getWriter()`	Get the writer to write the output to.
`void`	`init(ProcessingContext context, ProcessingComponentConfiguration config)`	Initialize this component.
`void`	`setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler)`	Set the content handler the generator should stream to.

- Method Detail
  - init
```
void init(ProcessingContext context,
          ProcessingComponentConfiguration config)
   throws IOException
```
    Initialize this component.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - The invocation context.
    
    config - The configuration for this component.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - setContentHandler
```
void setContentHandler(ContentHandler handler)
```
    Set the content handler the generator should stream to.
    
    Parameters:
    
    handler - A transformer or serializer.
  - getWriter
```
PrintWriter getWriter()
```
    Get the writer to write the output to.
    
    Returns:
    
    A print writer.
  - finished
```
void finished()
       throws IOException,
              SAXException
```
    Notify the generator that parsing is finished.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
    
    SAXException
  - dispose
```
void dispose()
```
    Dispose the generator. This method is always invoked by the rewriter in order to allow the generator to release any resources etc. After this method has been called the instance is considered unusable.