org.exolab.castor.xml.Serializer Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/*
* Copyright 2005 Werner Guttmann
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
* in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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*/
package org.exolab.castor.xml;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Writer;
import org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler;
/**
* Interface contract for XML serialization business.
*
* @author Werner Guttmann
*/
public interface Serializer {
/**
* Sets the OutputCharStream to use.
*
* @param out the OutputCharStream to use.
*/
void setOutputCharStream(Writer out);
/**
* Returns the {@link DocumentHandler} to use for serialization.
*
* @return the DocumentHandler to use for serialization.
* @throws IOException
*/
DocumentHandler asDocumentHandler() throws IOException;
/**
* Sets the {@link OutputFormat} to use during serialization.
*
* @param format The output format to use.
*/
void setOutputFormat(OutputFormat format);
/**
* Sets the {@link OutputStream} to use.
*
* @param output the OutputStream to use
*/
void setOutputByteStream(OutputStream output);
}