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package org.apache.axis.encoding;

/**
 * This interface describes the AXIS SerializerFactory.
 *
 * An Axis compliant Serializer Factory must provide one or more 
 * of the following methods:
 *
 * public static create(Class javaType, QName xmlType)
 * public &lt;constructor&gt;(Class javaType, QName xmlType)
 * public &lt;constructor&gt;()
 *
 * The deployment code will attempt to invoke these methods in the above order.
 * The xmlType, javaType arguments are filled in with the values supplied during the
 * deployment registration of the factory.
 */
public interface SerializerFactory extends javax.xml.rpc.encoding.SerializerFactory {
}