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diff --git a/lib/rexml/output.rb b/lib/rexml/output.rb
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+require 'rexml/encoding'
+
+module REXML
+	class Output
+		include Encoding
+		attr_reader :encoding
+		def initialize real_IO, encd="iso-8859-1"
+			@output = real_IO
+			self.encoding = encd
+
+			eval <<-EOL
+				alias :encode :to_#{encoding.tr('-', '_').downcase}
+				alias :decode :from_#{encoding.tr('-', '_').downcase}
+			EOL
+			@to_utf = encd == UTF_8 ? false : true
+		end
+
+		def <<( content )
+			@output << (@to_utf ? encode(content) : content)
+		end
+	end
+end