| /* |
| * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package javax.xml.rpc.encoding; |
| |
| import java.util.Iterator; |
| |
| /** |
| * The javax.xml.rpc.encoding.SerializerFactory is a factory of |
| * the serializers. A SerializerFactory is registered with a |
| * TypeMapping object as part of the TypeMappingRegistry. |
| * |
| * @version 1.0 |
| */ |
| public interface SerializerFactory extends java.io.Serializable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a Serializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type. |
| * |
| * @param mechanismType - XML processing mechanism type [TBD: definition |
| * of valid constants] |
| * |
| * @return a <code>Serializer</code> for the specified XML processing |
| * mechanism type |
| * |
| * @throws javax.xml.rpc.JAXRPCException |
| * if <code>SerializerFactory</code> does not support the |
| * specified XML processing mechanism |
| * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException |
| * if an invalid mechanism type is specified |
| */ |
| public Serializer getSerializerAs(String mechanismType); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an Iterator over all XML processing mechanism types supported by |
| * this <code>SerializerFactory</code>. |
| * |
| * @return an Iterator over the mechanism types (<Code>String</code>s?) |
| */ |
| public Iterator getSupportedMechanismTypes(); |
| } |
| |