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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 Strings into Nodes 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;
}