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package org.apache.xml.serialize;


import java.io.IOException;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment;


/**
 * Interface for a DOM serializer implementation.
 * 
 *
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 * @author <a href="mailto:Scott_Boag/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com">Scott Boag</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:arkin@intalio.com">Assaf Arkin</a>
 */
public interface DOMSerializer
{


    /**
     * Serialized the DOM element. 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( Element elem )
        throws IOException;


    /**
     * Serializes the DOM document. Throws an exception only if
     * an I/O exception occured while serializing.
     *
     * @param doc The document to serialize
     * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
     *   serializing
     */
    public void serialize( Document doc )
        throws IOException;


    /**
     * Serializes the DOM document fragment. Throws an exception
     * only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.
     *
     * @param frag The document fragment to serialize
     * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
     *   serializing
     */
    public void serialize( DocumentFragment frag )
        throws IOException;


}