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<meta content="Carsten Ziegeler" name="DC.Creator">
<meta content="Bernhard Huber" name="DC.Creator">
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<h1>Goal</h1>
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This document lists all of the available serializers of Apache Cocoon and
describes their purpose.
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<h1>Overview</h1>
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A serializer is the end point of an xml pipeline.
It transforms SAX events into binary or char streams for
final client consumption.
Every pipeline match containing a generator must be terminated
by a serializer.
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In the sitemap file, each serializer has a unique name which
is mapped to a java class.
One serializer name must be declared as the default serialzer.
Each serializer may have additional configuration information
specified in child elements.
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For more conceptual information about serializers
see <a href="../concepts/sitemap.html">the sitemap</a>.
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<h1>The Serializers in Apache Cocoon</h1>
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<a href="html-serializer.html">HTML Serializer</a> (The default serializer)</li>
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<a href="xhtml-serializer.html">XHTML Serializer</a>
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<a href="xml-serializer.html">XML Serializer</a>
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<a href="text-serializer.html">Text Serializer</a>
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<a href="xls-serializer.html">HSSF (XLS) Serializer</a> (optional)</li>
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<a href="pdf-serializer.html">PDF Serializer</a> (optional)</li>
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<a href="ps-serializer.html">PS Serializer</a> (optional)</li>
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<a href="pcl-serializer.html">PCL Serializer</a> (optional)</li>
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<a href="wap-serializer.html">WAP/WML Serializer</a>
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<a href="svg-serializer.html">SVG Serializer</a>
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<a href="svgxml-serializer.html">SVG/XML Serializer</a>
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<a href="svgjpeg-serializer.html">SVG/JPEG Serializer</a>
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<a href="svgpng-serializer.html">SVG/PNG Serializer</a>
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<a href="svgtiff-serializer.html">SVG/TIFF Serializer</a>
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<a href="vrml-serializer.html">VRML Serializer</a>
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<li>
<a href="link-serializer.html">Link Serializer</a>
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<li>
<a href="ziparchive-serializer.html">Zip archive Serializer</a>
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