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 * Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
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package elemental.xpath;
import elemental.dom.Node;

import elemental.events.*;
import elemental.util.*;
import elemental.dom.*;
import elemental.html.*;
import elemental.css.*;
import elemental.stylesheets.*;

import java.util.Date;

/**
  * XMLSerializer can be used to convert DOM subtree or DOM document into text. XMLSerializer is available to unprivileged scripts.
 

XMLSerializer is mainly useful for applications and extensions based on the Mozilla platform. While it is available for web pages, it's not part of any standard and level of support in other browsers unknown.
 

  */
public interface XMLSerializer {


  /**
    * 
     Returns the serialized subtree of a string.


serializeToStream 
     The subtree rooted by the specified element is serialized to a byte stream using the character set specified.    
Example

          var s = new XMLSerializer();
 var d = document;
 var str = s.serializeToString(d);
 alert(str);
        

          var s = new XMLSerializer();
 var stream = {
   close : function()
   {
     alert("Stream closed");
   },
   flush : function()
   {
   },
   write : function(string, count)
   {
     alert("'" + string + "'\n bytes count: " + count + "");
   }
 };
 s.serializeToStream(document, stream, "UTF-8");
    */
  String serializeToString(Node node);
}