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| |
| package org.apache.axiom.om; |
| |
| import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException; |
| import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter; |
| |
| /** |
| * Information item that can be serialized (written to an XML stream writer) and |
| * deserialized (retrieved from an XML parser) as a unit. |
| * This is the common super-interface for {@link OMDocument} and {@link OMNode}. |
| * Note that {@link OMAttribute} and {@link OMNamespace} are information items that don't |
| * match the definition of this interface because they can only be read from the parser |
| * as part of a larger unit, namely an element. |
| * <p> |
| * In accordance with the definition given above, this interface declares two sets of methods: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>Methods allowing to control whether the information item has been completely built, |
| * i.e. whether all events corresponding to the information item have been retrieved |
| * from the parser.</li> |
| * <li>Methods to write the StAX events corresponding to the information item to an |
| * {@link XMLStreamWriter}.</li> |
| * </ul> |
| */ |
| public interface OMSerializable extends OMInformationItem { |
| /** |
| * Indicates whether parser has parsed this information item completely or not. If some info are |
| * not available in the item, one has to check this attribute to make sure that, this item has been |
| * parsed completely or not. |
| * |
| * @return Returns boolean. |
| */ |
| boolean isComplete(); |
| |
| /** Builds itself. */ |
| void build(); |
| |
| /** |
| * If a builder and parser is associated with the node, it is closed. |
| * @param build if true, the object is built first before closing the builder/parser |
| */ |
| void close(boolean build); |
| |
| /** |
| * Serializes the information item with caching. This method has the same effect as |
| * {@link #serialize(XMLStreamWriter, boolean)} with <code>cache</code> set to |
| * <code>true</code>. |
| * |
| * @param xmlWriter |
| * @throws XMLStreamException |
| */ |
| void serialize(XMLStreamWriter xmlWriter) throws XMLStreamException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Serializes the information item without caching. This method has the same effect as |
| * {@link #serialize(XMLStreamWriter, boolean)} with <code>cache</code> set to |
| * <code>false</code>. |
| * |
| * @param xmlWriter |
| * @throws XMLStreamException |
| */ |
| void serializeAndConsume(XMLStreamWriter xmlWriter) throws XMLStreamException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Serializes the information item. |
| * |
| * @param xmlWriter |
| * @param cache indicates if caching should be enabled |
| * @throws XMLStreamException |
| */ |
| void serialize(XMLStreamWriter xmlWriter, boolean cache) throws XMLStreamException; |
| } |