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057:
058: package org.apache.xml.serialize;
059:
060: import java.io.IOException;
061: import org.w3c.dom.Element;
062: import org.w3c.dom.Document;
063: import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment;
064:
065: /**
066: * Interface for a DOM serializer implementation.
067: *
068: *
069: * @version $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2000/08/30 18:59:19 $
070: * @author <a href="mailto:Scott_Boag/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com">Scott Boag</a>
071: * @author <a href="mailto:arkin@intalio.com">Assaf Arkin</a>
072: */
073: public interface DOMSerializer {
074:
075: /**
076: * Serialized the DOM element. Throws an exception only if
077: * an I/O exception occured while serializing.
078: *
079: * @param elem The element to serialize
080: * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
081: * serializing
082: */
083: public void serialize(Element elem) throws IOException;
084:
085: /**
086: * Serializes the DOM document. Throws an exception only if
087: * an I/O exception occured while serializing.
088: *
089: * @param doc The document to serialize
090: * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
091: * serializing
092: */
093: public void serialize(Document doc) throws IOException;
094:
095: /**
096: * Serializes the DOM document fragment. Throws an exception
097: * only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.
098: *
099: * @param frag The document fragment to serialize
100: * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
101: * serializing
102: */
103: public void serialize(DocumentFragment frag) throws IOException;
104:
105: }
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