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+# vim:encoding=utf-8:fileencoding=utf-8
+#
+# odfrecode
+#
+# (c) 2007,2008 Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>
+#
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#   (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#   GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+class Recoder(object):
+    """
+    base class for all encoders
+    @classvar dst_encoding: encoding of the destination "column"
+    @classvar encoding: name of the encoding
+
+    To write a new encoder simply add a dictionary 
+
+    >>>	character_table = { "national_encoding_1": "utf8_1", 
+	                     national_encoding_2": "utf8_2",
+			  }
+    	 
+    If you don't want to use utf8 as dictionary values specify dst_encoding
+    """
+    dst_encoding = 'utf-8'
+    encoding = None
+
+    def recode(self, character):
+        try:
+            char = unicode(self.character_table[character], self.dst_encoding)
+        except KeyError: # needs no remapping
+            char = character
+        return char
+