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+"""Docutils-native XML and pseudo-XML writers."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+
+from docutils.writers.docutils_xml import Writer as BaseXMLWriter
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from sphinx.builders import Builder
+
+
+class XMLWriter(BaseXMLWriter):
+    output: str
+
+    def __init__(self, builder: Builder) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.builder = builder
+
+        # A lambda function to generate translator lazily
+        self.translator_class = lambda document: self.builder.create_translator(document)
+
+    def translate(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        self.document.settings.newlines = \
+            self.document.settings.indents = \
+            self.builder.env.config.xml_pretty
+        self.document.settings.xml_declaration = True
+        self.document.settings.doctype_declaration = True
+        return super().translate()
+
+
+class PseudoXMLWriter(BaseXMLWriter):
+
+    supported = ('pprint', 'pformat', 'pseudoxml')
+    """Formats this writer supports."""
+
+    config_section = 'pseudoxml writer'
+    config_section_dependencies = ('writers',)
+
+    output: str
+    """Final translated form of `document`."""
+
+    def __init__(self, builder: Builder) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.builder = builder
+
+    def translate(self) -> None:
+        self.output = self.document.pformat()
+
+    def supports(self, format: str) -> bool:
+        """This writer supports all format-specific elements."""
+        return True