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/*
* $Id: Serializer.java 471981 2006-11-07 04:28:00Z minchau $
*/
package org.apache.xml.serializer;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Properties;
import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
/**
* The Serializer interface is implemented by a serializer to enable users to:
*
* - get and set streams or writers
*
- configure the serializer with key/value properties
*
- get an org.xml.sax.ContentHandler or a DOMSerializer to provide input to
*
*
*
* Here is an example using the asContentHandler() method:
*
* java.util.Properties props =
* OutputPropertiesFactory.getDefaultMethodProperties(Method.TEXT);
* Serializer ser = SerializerFactory.getSerializer(props);
* java.io.PrintStream ostream = System.out;
* ser.setOutputStream(ostream);
*
* // Provide the SAX input events
* ContentHandler handler = ser.asContentHandler();
* handler.startDocument();
* char[] chars = { 'a', 'b', 'c' };
* handler.characters(chars, 0, chars.length);
* handler.endDocument();
*
* ser.reset(); // get ready to use the serializer for another document
* // of the same output method (TEXT).
*
*
*
* As an alternate to supplying a series of SAX events as input through the
* ContentHandler interface, the input to serialize may be given as a DOM.
*
* For example:
*
* org.w3c.dom.Document inputDoc;
* org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer ser;
* java.io.Writer owriter;
*
* java.util.Properties props =
* OutputPropertiesFactory.getDefaultMethodProperties(Method.XML);
* Serializer ser = SerializerFactory.getSerializer(props);
* owriter = ...; // create a writer to serialize the document to
* ser.setWriter( owriter );
*
* inputDoc = ...; // create the DOM document to be serialized
* DOMSerializer dser = ser.asDOMSerializer(); // a DOM will be serialized
* dser.serialize(inputDoc); // serialize the DOM, sending output to owriter
*
* ser.reset(); // get ready to use the serializer for another document
* // of the same output method.
*
*
* This interface is a public API.
*
* @see Method
* @see OutputPropertiesFactory
* @see SerializerFactory
* @see DOMSerializer
* @see ContentHandler
*
* @xsl.usage general
*/
public interface Serializer {
/**
* Specifies an output stream to which the document should be
* serialized. This method should not be called while the
* serializer is in the process of serializing a document.
*
* The encoding specified in the output {@link Properties} is used, or
* if no encoding was specified, the default for the selected
* output method.
*
* Only one of setWriter() or setOutputStream() should be called.
*
* @param output The output stream
*/
public void setOutputStream(OutputStream output);
/**
* Get the output stream where the events will be serialized to.
*
* @return reference to the result stream, or null if only a writer was
* set.
*/
public OutputStream getOutputStream();
/**
* Specifies a writer to which the document should be serialized.
* This method should not be called while the serializer is in
* the process of serializing a document.
*
* The encoding specified for the output {@link Properties} must be
* identical to the output format used with the writer.
*
*
* Only one of setWriter() or setOutputStream() should be called.
*
* @param writer The output writer stream
*/
public void setWriter(Writer writer);
/**
* Get the character stream where the events will be serialized to.
*
* @return Reference to the result Writer, or null.
*/
public Writer getWriter();
/**
* Specifies an output format for this serializer. It the
* serializer has already been associated with an output format,
* it will switch to the new format. This method should not be
* called while the serializer is in the process of serializing
* a document.
*
* The standard property keys supported are: "method", "version", "encoding",
* "omit-xml-declaration", "standalone", doctype-public",
* "doctype-system", "cdata-section-elements", "indent", "media-type".
* These property keys and their values are described in the XSLT recommendation,
* see {@link XSLT 1.0 recommendation}
*
* The non-standard property keys supported are defined in {@link OutputPropertiesFactory}.
*
*
* This method can be called multiple times before a document is serialized. Each
* time it is called more, or over-riding property values, can be specified. One
* property value that can not be changed is that of the "method" property key.
*
* The value of the "cdata-section-elements" property key is a whitespace
* separated list of elements. If the element is in a namespace then
* value is passed in this format: {uri}localName
*
* If the "cdata-section-elements" key is specified on multiple calls
* to this method the set of elements specified in the value
* is not replaced from one call to the
* next, but it is cumulative across the calls.
*
* @param format The output format to use, as a set of key/value pairs.
*/
public void setOutputFormat(Properties format);
/**
* Returns the output format properties for this serializer.
*
* @return The output format key/value pairs in use.
*/
public Properties getOutputFormat();
/**
* Return a {@link ContentHandler} interface to provide SAX input to.
* Through the returned object the document to be serailized,
* as a series of SAX events, can be provided to the serialzier.
* If the serializer does not support the {@link ContentHandler}
* interface, it will return null.
*
* In principle only one of asDOMSerializer() or asContentHander()
* should be called.
*
* @return A {@link ContentHandler} interface into this serializer,
* or null if the serializer is not SAX 2 capable
* @throws IOException An I/O exception occured
*/
public ContentHandler asContentHandler() throws IOException;
/**
* Return a {@link DOMSerializer} interface into this serializer.
* Through the returned object the document to be serialized,
* a DOM, can be provided to the serializer.
* If the serializer does not support the {@link DOMSerializer}
* interface, it should return null.
*
* In principle only one of asDOMSerializer() or asContentHander()
* should be called.
*
* @return A {@link DOMSerializer} interface into this serializer,
* or null if the serializer is not DOM capable
* @throws IOException An I/O exception occured
*/
public DOMSerializer asDOMSerializer() throws IOException;
/**
* This method resets the serializer.
* If this method returns true, the
* serializer may be used for subsequent serialization of new
* documents. It is possible to change the output format and
* output stream prior to serializing, or to reuse the existing
* output format and output stream or writer.
*
* @return True if serializer has been reset and can be reused
*/
public boolean reset();
/**
* Return an Object into this serializer to be cast to a DOM3Serializer.
* Through the returned object the document to be serialized,
* a DOM (Level 3), can be provided to the serializer.
* If the serializer does not support casting to a {@link DOM3Serializer}
* interface, it should return null.
*
* In principle only one of asDOM3Serializer() or asContentHander()
* should be called.
*
* @return An Object to be cast to a DOM3Serializer interface into this serializer,
* or null if the serializer is not DOM capable
* @throws IOException An I/O exception occured
*/
public Object asDOM3Serializer() throws IOException;
}