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Apache XML Security for Java supports XML-Signature Syntax and Processing,
W3C Recommendation 12 February 2002, and XML Encryption Syntax and
Processing, W3C Recommendation 10 December 2002. As of version 1.4,
the library supports the standard Java API JSR-105: XML Digital Signature APIs.
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package org.apache.xml.security.encryption;
import org.apache.xml.security.c14n.Canonicalizer;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
/**
* Converts String
s into Node
s and visa versa.
*/
public interface Serializer {
/**
* Set the Canonicalizer object to use.
*/
void setCanonicalizer(Canonicalizer canon);
/**
* Returns a String
representation of the specified
* Element
.
*
* @param element the Element
to serialize.
* @return the String
representation of the serilaized
* Element
.
* @throws Exception
*/
@Deprecated
String serialize(Element element) throws Exception;
/**
* Returns a byte[]
representation of the specified
* Element
.
*
* @param element the Element
to serialize.
* @return the byte[]
representation of the serilaized
* Element
.
* @throws Exception
*/
byte[] serializeToByteArray(Element element) throws Exception;
/**
* Returns a String
representation of the specified
* NodeList
.
*
* @param content the NodeList
to serialize.
* @return the String
representation of the serialized
* NodeList
.
* @throws Exception
*/
@Deprecated
String serialize(NodeList content) throws Exception;
/**
* Returns a byte[]
representation of the specified
* NodeList
.
*
* @param content the NodeList
to serialize.
* @return the byte[]
representation of the serialized
* NodeList
.
* @throws Exception
*/
byte[] serializeToByteArray(NodeList content) throws Exception;
/**
* Use the Canonicalizer to serialize the node
* @param node
* @return the canonicalization of the node
* @throws Exception
*/
@Deprecated
String canonSerialize(Node node) throws Exception;
/**
* Use the Canonicalizer to serialize the node
* @param node
* @return the (byte[]) canonicalization of the node
* @throws Exception
*/
byte[] canonSerializeToByteArray(Node node) throws Exception;
/**
* @param source
* @param ctx
* @return the Node resulting from the parse of the source
* @throws XMLEncryptionException
*/
@Deprecated
Node deserialize(String source, Node ctx) throws XMLEncryptionException;
/**
* @param source
* @param ctx
* @return the Node resulting from the parse of the source
* @throws XMLEncryptionException
*/
Node deserialize(byte[] source, Node ctx) throws XMLEncryptionException;
}