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| * ==================================================================== |
| * |
| * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many |
| * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation and was |
| * originally based on software copyright (c) 1999, Lotus |
| * Development Corporation., http://www.lotus.com. For more |
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| */ |
| package org.apache.xalan.serialize; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| import org.w3c.dom.Node; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface for a DOM serializer implementation. |
| * <p> |
| * The DOM serializer is a facet of a serializer. A serializer may or may |
| * not support a DOM serializer. |
| * <p> |
| * Example: |
| * <pre> |
| * Document doc; |
| * Serializer ser; |
| * OutputStream os; |
| * |
| * ser.setOutputStream( os ); |
| * ser.asDOMSerializer( doc ); |
| * </pre> |
| * |
| * |
| * @version Alpha |
| * @author <a href="mailto:Scott_Boag/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com">Scott Boag</a> |
| * @author <a href="mailto:arkin@exoffice.com">Assaf Arkin</a> |
| */ |
| public interface DOMSerializer |
| { |
| /** |
| * Serializes the DOM node. Throws an exception only if an I/O |
| * exception occured while serializing. |
| * |
| * @param elem The element to serialize |
| * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while serializing |
| */ |
| public void serialize(Node node) throws IOException; |
| } |
