javax.xml.rpc.encoding.DeserializerFactory Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package javax.xml.rpc.encoding;
/**
* The javax.xml.rpc.encoding.DeserializerFactory is a factory of
* deserializers. A DeserializerFactory is registered with a
* TypeMapping instance as part of the TypeMappingRegistry.
*
* @version 1.0
*/
public interface DeserializerFactory extends java.io.Serializable {
/**
* Returns a Deserializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type.
*
* @param mechanismType XML processing mechanism type [TBD: definition of
* valid constants]
*
* @return a Deserializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type
*
* @throws javax.xml.rpc.JAXRPCException if DeserializerFactory does not
* support the specified XML processing mechanism
*/
public Deserializer getDeserializerAs(String mechanismType);
/**
* Returns an Iterator over the list of all XML processing
* mechanism types supported by this DeserializerFactory.
*
* @return an Iterator over the unique identifiers for the
* supported XML processing mechanism types (as
* Strings?)
*/
public java.util.Iterator getSupportedMechanismTypes();
}