/**
    * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
    * Copyright (C) 1999-2011, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
    *
    * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
    * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
    * the Eclipse Foundation
    *
    *   or (per the licensee's choosing)
   *
   * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
   * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
   */
  package ch.qos.logback.core.encoder;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.OutputStream;
  
  import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAwareBase;
  
  abstract public class EncoderBase<E> extends ContextAwareBase implements Encoder<E> {
  
    protected boolean started;
  
    protected OutputStream outputStream;
    
    public void init(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
      this.outputStream = os;
    }
    
    public boolean isStarted() {
      return started;
    }
    
    public void start() {
      started = true;
    }
  
    public void stop() {
      started = false;
    }
  }