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diff --git a/src/be/nikiroo/utils/serial/Exporter.java b/src/be/nikiroo/utils/serial/Exporter.java
index 8b522e9..2470bde 100644
--- a/src/be/nikiroo/utils/serial/Exporter.java
+++ b/src/be/nikiroo/utils/serial/Exporter.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package be.nikiroo.utils.serial;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.NotSerializableException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import be.nikiroo.utils.StringUtils;
-
 /**
  * A simple class to serialise objects to {@link String}.
  * <p>
@@ -16,43 +16,45 @@ import be.nikiroo.utils.StringUtils;
  */
 public class Exporter {
 	private Map<Integer, Object> map;
-	private StringBuilder builder;
-
-	public Exporter() {
-		map = new HashMap<Integer, Object>();
-		builder = new StringBuilder();
-	}
-
-	public Exporter append(Object o) throws NotSerializableException {
-		SerialUtils.append(builder, o, map);
-		return this;
-	}
-
-	public void clear() {
-		builder.setLength(0);
-		map.clear();
-	}
+	private OutputStream out;
 
-	// null = auto
-	public String toString(Boolean zip) {
-		if (zip == null) {
-			zip = builder.length() > 128;
-		}
-
-		if (zip) {
-			return "ZIP:" + StringUtils.zip64(builder.toString());
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@link Exporter}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param out
+	 *            export the data to this stream
+	 */
+	public Exporter(OutputStream out) {
+		if (out == null) {
+			throw new NullPointerException(
+					"Cannot create an be.nikiroo.utils.serials.Exporter that will export to NULL");
 		}
 
-		return builder.toString();
+		this.out = out;
+		map = new HashMap<Integer, Object>();
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The exported items in a serialised form.
+	 * Serialise the given object and add it to the list.
+	 * <p>
+	 * <b>Important: </b>If the operation fails (with a
+	 * {@link NotSerializableException}), the {@link Exporter} will be corrupted
+	 * (will contain bad, most probably not importable data).
 	 * 
-	 * @return the items currently in this {@link Exporter}.
+	 * @param o
+	 *            the object to serialise
+	 * @return this (for easier appending of multiple values)
+	 * 
+	 * @throws NotSerializableException
+	 *             if the object cannot be serialised (in this case, the
+	 *             {@link Exporter} can contain bad, most probably not
+	 *             importable data)
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 *             in case of I/O error
 	 */
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return toString(null);
+	public Exporter append(Object o) throws NotSerializableException,
+			IOException {
+		SerialUtils.append(out, o, map);
+		return this;
 	}
 }
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