--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/printer/printer.go	Wed Apr 19 19:08:47 2017 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright © 2017 Mikael Berthe <mikael@lilotux.net>
+//
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+// Please see the LICENSE file is this directory.
+
+package printer
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// ResourcePrinter is an interface used to print objects.
+type ResourcePrinter interface {
+	// PrintObj receives a runtime object, formats it and prints it to a writer.
+	PrintObj(interface{}, io.Writer, string) error
+}
+
+// NewPrinter returns a ResourcePrinter for the specified kind of output.
+// It returns nil if the output is not supported.
+func NewPrinter(output, option string) (ResourcePrinter, error) {
+	switch output {
+	case "", "plain":
+		return NewPrinterPlain(option)
+	case "json":
+		return NewPrinterJSON(option)
+	case "yaml":
+		return NewPrinterYAML(option)
+	case "template":
+		return NewPrinterTemplate(option)
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unhandled output format")
+}