non-releases/trunk_before_flattening/src/java/org/apache/cocoon/serialization/Serializer.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.serialization;

import org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.SitemapOutputComponent;
import org.apache.cocoon.xml.XMLConsumer;

/**
 * A serializer is the last point of a pipeline. It "serializes" XML
 * arriving as SAX events into any binary format. <br> Serializers can 
 * additionally implement the {@link org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.SitemapModelComponent} 
 * interface to gain access to the <code>resolver</code>, <code>objectModel</code>, 
 * <code>source</code> or <code>parameters</code> objects.
 * 
 *
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface Serializer extends XMLConsumer, SitemapOutputComponent {

    String ROLE = Serializer.class.getName();
}