new

# File lib/rexml/output.rb, line 9
    def initialize real_IO, encd="iso-8859-1"
      @output = real_IO
      self.encoding = encd

      @to_utf = encoding != 'UTF-8'

      if encoding == "UTF-16"
        @output << "\ufeff".encode("UTF-16BE")
        self.encoding = "UTF-16BE"
      end
    end