def encode!
      source = self.source

      return source unless source.encoding == Encoding::BINARY

      # Look for # encoding: *. If we find one, we'll encode the
      # String in that encoding, otherwise, we'll use the
      # default external encoding.
      if source.sub!(/\A#{ENCODING_FLAG}/, "")
        encoding = magic_encoding = $1
      else
        encoding = Encoding.default_external
      end

      # Tag the source with the default external encoding
      # or the encoding specified in the file
      source.force_encoding(encoding)

      # If the user didn't specify an encoding, and the handler
      # handles encodings, we simply pass the String as is to
      # the handler (with the default_external tag)
      if !magic_encoding && @handler.respond_to?(:handles_encoding?) && @handler.handles_encoding?
        source
      # Otherwise, if the String is valid in the encoding,
      # encode immediately to default_internal. This means
      # that if a handler doesn't handle encodings, it will
      # always get Strings in the default_internal
      elsif source.valid_encoding?
        source.encode!
      # Otherwise, since the String is invalid in the encoding
      # specified, raise an exception
      else
        raise WrongEncodingError.new(source, encoding)
      end
    end
def encode!
      source = self.source

      return source unless source.encoding == Encoding::BINARY

      # Look for # encoding: *. If we find one, we'll encode the
      # String in that encoding, otherwise, we'll use the
      # default external encoding.
      if source.sub!(/\A#{ENCODING_FLAG}/, "")
        encoding = magic_encoding = $1
      else
        encoding = Encoding.default_external
      end

      # Tag the source with the default external encoding
      # or the encoding specified in the file
      source.force_encoding(encoding)

      # If the user didn't specify an encoding, and the handler
      # handles encodings, we simply pass the String as is to
      # the handler (with the default_external tag)
      if !magic_encoding && @handler.respond_to?(:handles_encoding?) && @handler.handles_encoding?
        source
      # Otherwise, if the String is valid in the encoding,
      # encode immediately to default_internal. This means
      # that if a handler doesn't handle encodings, it will
      # always get Strings in the default_internal
      elsif source.valid_encoding?
        source.encode!
      # Otherwise, since the String is invalid in the encoding
      # specified, raise an exception
      else
        raise WrongEncodingError.new(source, encoding)
      end
    end
This method is responsible for properly setting the encoding of the
 source. Until this point, we assume that the source is BINARY data.
 If no additional information is supplied, we assume the encoding is
 the same as <tt>Encoding.default_external</tt>.

 The user can also specify the encoding via a comment on the first
 line of the template (# encoding: NAME-OF-ENCODING). This will work
 with any template engine, as we process out the encoding comment
 before passing the source on to the template engine, leaving a
 blank line in its stead.