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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/* $Id$ */
+
+package org.apache.fop.afp.modca;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * An abstract class encapsulating an MODCA structured object
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractStructuredObject extends AbstractAFPObject {
+
+    /**
+     * Default constructor
+     */
+    protected AbstractStructuredObject() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method to write the start of the Object.
+     *
+     * @param os The stream to write to
+     * @throws IOException throws an I/O exception if one occurred
+     */
+    protected void writeStart(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method to write the end of the Object.
+     *
+     * @param os The stream to write to
+     * @throws IOException an I/O exception if one occurred
+     */
+    protected void writeEnd(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method to write the contents of the Object.
+     *
+     * @param os The stream to write to
+     * @throws IOException throws an I/O exception if one occurred
+     */
+    protected void writeContent(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
+    }
+
+    /** {@inheritDoc} */
+    public void writeToStream(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
+        writeStart(os);
+        writeContent(os);
+        writeEnd(os);
+    }
+}