org.apache.xml.serializer
Interface DOMSerializer

All Known Subinterfaces:

DOMSerializer, SerializationHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

EmptySerializer, SerializerBase

public interface DOMSerializer

Interface for a DOM serializer implementation.

The DOM serializer is a facet of a serializer. A serializer may or may not support a DOM serializer.

Example:

 Document     doc;
 Serializer   ser;
 OutputStream os;

 ser.setOutputStream( os );
 ser.asDOMSerializer( doc );
 

Version:

Alpha

Author:

Scott Boag, Assaf Arkin

Method Summary

void	serialize(Node node) Serializes the DOM node.

Method Detail

serialize

public void serialize(Node node)
               throws java.io.IOException

Serializes the DOM node. Throws an exception only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.

Parameters:

node - the DOM node to serialize

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O exception occured while serializing