1 /* 2 * reserved comment block 3 * DO NOT REMOVE OR ALTER! 4 */ 5 /* 6 * Copyright 1999-2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 7 * 8 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 9 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 10 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 11 * 12 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 13 * 14 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 15 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 16 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 17 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 18 * limitations under the License. 19 */ 20 21 22 package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize; 23 24 25 import java.io.IOException; 26 import org.w3c.dom.Element; 27 import org.w3c.dom.Document; 28 import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment; 29 30 31 32 /** 33 * Interface for a DOM serializer implementation. 34 * 35 * 36 * @author <a href="mailto:Scott_Boag/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com">Scott Boag</a> 37 * @author <a href="mailto:arkin@intalio.com">Assaf Arkin</a> 38 */ 39 public interface DOMSerializer 40 { 41 42 43 /** 44 * Serialized the DOM element. Throws an exception only if 45 * an I/O exception occured while serializing. 46 * 47 * @param elem The element to serialize 48 * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while 49 * serializing 50 */ serialize( Element elem )51 public void serialize( Element elem ) 52 throws IOException; 53 54 55 /** 56 * Serializes the DOM document. Throws an exception only if 57 * an I/O exception occured while serializing. 58 * 59 * @param doc The document to serialize 60 * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while 61 * serializing 62 */ serialize( Document doc )63 public void serialize( Document doc ) 64 throws IOException; 65 66 67 /** 68 * Serializes the DOM document fragment. Throws an exception 69 * only if an I/O exception occured while serializing. 70 * 71 * @param frag The document fragment to serialize 72 * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while 73 * serializing 74 */ serialize( DocumentFragment frag )75 public void serialize( DocumentFragment frag ) 76 throws IOException; 77 78 79 } 80