org.apache.xml.serializer

Interface DOMSerializer

Known Subinterfaces:
DOMSerializer, SerializationHandler
Known Implementing Classes:
AdaptiveResultTreeImpl, EmptySerializer, SerializerBase, SimpleResultTreeImpl, StringValueHandler, ToHTMLSAXHandler, ToHTMLStream, ToSAXHandler, ToStream, ToTextSAXHandler, ToTextStream, ToUnknownStream, ToXMLSAXHandler, ToXMLStream

public interface DOMSerializer

Interface for a DOM serializer implementation.

The DOMSerializer is a facet of a serializer and is obtained from the asDOMSerializer() method of the Serializer interface. A serializer may or may not support a DOM serializer, if it does not then the return value from asDOMSerializer() is null.

Example:

 Document     doc;
 Serializer   ser;
 OutputStream os;
 
 ser = ...;
 os = ...;

 ser.setOutputStream( os );
 DOMSerialzier dser = ser.asDOMSerializer();
 dser.serialize(doc);
 
See Also:
Serializer

Method Summary

void
serialize(Node node)
Serializes the DOM node.

Method Details

serialize

public void serialize(Node node)
            throws IOException
Serializes the DOM node. Throws an exception only if an I/O exception occured while serializing. This interface is a public API.
Parameters:
node - the DOM node to serialize

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