src/org/apache/xml/serializer/DOM3Serializer.java

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package org.apache.xml.serializer;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.w3c.dom.DOMErrorHandler;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.ls.LSSerializerFilter;

/**
 * This interface is not intended to be used
 * by an end user, but rather by an XML parser that is implementing the DOM 
 * Level 3 Load and Save APIs.
 * <p>
 * 
 * See the DOM Level 3 Load and Save interface at <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-LS-20040407/load-save.html#LS-LSSerializer">LSSeializer</a>.
 * 
 * For a list of configuration parameters for DOM Level 3 see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/core.html#DOMConfiguration">DOMConfiguration</a>.
 * For additional configuration parameters available with the DOM Level 3 Load and Save API LSSerializer see
 * <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-LS-20040407/load-save.html#LS-LSSerializer-config">LSerializer config</a>.
 * <p>
 * The following example uses a DOM3Serializer indirectly, through an an XML
 * parser that uses this class as part of its implementation of the DOM Level 3
 * Load and Save APIs, and is the prefered way to serialize with DOM Level 3 APIs.
 * <p>
 * Example:
 * <pre>
 *    public class TestDOM3 {
 *
 *    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
 *        // Get document to serialize
 *        TestDOM3 test = new TestDOM3();
 *        
 *        // Serialize using standard DOM Level 3 Load/Save APIs        
 *        System.out.println(test.testDOM3LS());
 *    }
 *
 *    public org.w3c.dom.Document getDocument() throws Exception {
 *        // Create a simple DOM Document.
 *        javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory factory = 
 *            javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
 *        javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
 *        byte[] bytes = "<parent><child/></parent>".getBytes();
 *        java.io.InputStream is = new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
 *        org.w3c.dom.Document doc = builder.parse(is);
 *        return doc;
 *    }
 *    
 *    //
 *    // This method uses standard DOM Level 3 Load Save APIs:
 *    //   org.w3c.dom.bootstrap.DOMImplementationRegistry
 *    //   org.w3c.dom.ls.DOMImplementationLS
 *    //   org.w3c.dom.ls.DOMImplementationLS
 *    //   org.w3c.dom.ls.LSSerializer
 *    //   org.w3c.dom.DOMConfiguration
 *    //   
 *    // The only thing non-standard in this method is the value set for the
 *    // name of the class implementing the DOM Level 3 Load Save APIs,
 *    // which in this case is:
 *    //   org.apache.xerces.dom.DOMImplementationSourceImpl
 *    //
 *
 *    public String testDOM3LS() throws Exception {
 *        
 *        // Get a simple DOM Document that will be serialized.
 *        org.w3c.dom.Document docToSerialize = getDocument();
 *
 *        // Get a factory (DOMImplementationLS) for creating a Load and Save object.
 *        org.w3c.dom.ls.DOMImplementationLS impl = 
 *            (org.w3c.dom.ls.DOMImplementationLS) 
 *            org.w3c.dom.bootstrap.DOMImplementationRegistry.newInstance().getDOMImplementation("LS");
 *
 *        // Use the factory to create an object (LSSerializer) used to 
 *        // write out or save the document.
 *        org.w3c.dom.ls.LSSerializer writer = impl.createLSSerializer();
 *        org.w3c.dom.DOMConfiguration config = writer.getDomConfig();
 *        config.setParameter("format-pretty-print", Boolean.TRUE);
 *        
 *        // Use the LSSerializer to write out or serialize the document to a String.
 *        String serializedXML = writer.writeToString(docToSerialize);
 *        return serializedXML;
 *    }
 *    
 *    }  // end of class TestDOM3
 * </pre>
 * 
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/core.html#DOMConfiguration">DOMConfiguration</a>
 * @see <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-LS-20040407/load-save.html#LS-LSSerializer-config">LSSerializer</a>
 * @see org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
 * @see org.apache.xml.serializer.DOMSerializer
 * 
 * @xsl.usage advanced
 *
 */
public interface DOM3Serializer {
    /**
     * Serializes the Level 3 DOM node. Throws an exception only if an I/O
     * exception occured while serializing.
     * 
     * This interface is a public API.
     *
     * @param node the Level 3 DOM node to serialize
     * @throws IOException if an I/O exception occured while serializing
     */
    public void serializeDOM3(Node node) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Sets a DOMErrorHandler on the DOM Level 3 Serializer.
     * 
     * This interface is a public API.
     *
     * @param handler the Level 3 DOMErrorHandler
     */
    public void setErrorHandler(DOMErrorHandler handler);

    /**
     * Returns a DOMErrorHandler set on the DOM Level 3 Serializer.
     * 
     * This interface is a public API.
     *
     * @return A Level 3 DOMErrorHandler
     */
    public DOMErrorHandler getErrorHandler();

    /**
     * Sets a LSSerializerFilter on the DOM Level 3 Serializer to filter nodes
     * during serialization.
     * 
     * This interface is a public API.
     *
     * @param filter the Level 3 LSSerializerFilter
     */
    public void setNodeFilter(LSSerializerFilter filter);

    /**
     * Returns a LSSerializerFilter set on the DOM Level 3 Serializer to filter nodes
     * during serialization.
     * 
     * This interface is a public API.
     *
     * @return The Level 3 LSSerializerFilter
     */
    public LSSerializerFilter getNodeFilter();

    /**
     * Sets the end-of-line sequence of characters to be used during serialization
     * @param newLine The end-of-line sequence of characters to be used during serialization
     */
    public void setNewLine(char[] newLine);
}