| /* |
| * 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; |
| |
| /** |
| * The javax.xml.rpc.encoding.Serializer interface defines the |
| * base interface for serializers. A Serializer converts |
| * a Java object to an XML representation using a specific XML |
| * processing mechanism and based on the specified type |
| * mapping and encoding style. |
| * |
| * @version 1.0 |
| */ |
| public interface Serializer extends java.io.Serializable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the type of the XML processing mechanism and representation used by this Serializer. |
| * |
| * @return XML processing mechanism type |
| */ |
| public String getMechanismType(); |
| } |
| |