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diff --git a/src/rest/emitters.py b/src/rest/emitters.py
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+from django.template import Context, loader
+import json
+
+class BaseEmitter(object):
+    def __init__(self, resource, status, headers):
+        self.resource = resource
+        self.status = status
+        self.headers = headers
+    
+    def emit(self, output):
+        return output
+
+class TemplatedEmitter(BaseEmitter):
+    def emit(self, output):
+        content = json.dumps(output, indent=4)
+        template = loader.get_template(self.template)
+        context = Context({
+            'content': content,
+            'status': self.status,
+            'headers': self.headers,
+            'resource_name': self.resource.__class__.__name__,
+            'resource_doc': self.resource.__doc__
+        })
+        return template.render(context)
+    
+class JSONEmitter(BaseEmitter):
+    def emit(self, output):
+        return json.dumps(output)
+
+class XMLEmitter(BaseEmitter):
+    pass
+
+class HTMLEmitter(TemplatedEmitter):
+    template = 'emitter.html'
+
+class TextEmitter(TemplatedEmitter):
+    template = 'emitter.txt'
+
+