org.apache.cocoon.components.sax
Interface XMLSerializer

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component, org.xml.sax.ContentHandler, org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler, XMLConsumer

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLByteStreamCompiler

public interface XMLSerializer

extends XMLConsumer, org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component

This interfaces identifies classes that serialize XML data, receiving notification of SAX events.
It's beyond the scope of this interface to specify the format for the serialized data.

Version:

CVS $Id: XMLSerializer.java,v 1.5 2002/02/22 07:00:12 cziegeler Exp $

Author:

Carsten Ziegeler

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ROLE

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

getSAXFragment() Get the serialized xml data

Methods inherited from interface org.xml.sax.ContentHandler

characters, endDocument, endElement, endPrefixMapping, ignorableWhitespace, processingInstruction, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startElement, startPrefixMapping

Methods inherited from interface org.xml.sax.ext.LexicalHandler

comment, endCDATA, endDTD, endEntity, startCDATA, startDTD, startEntity

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final java.lang.String ROLE

Method Detail

getSAXFragment

public java.lang.Object getSAXFragment()

Get the serialized xml data

Returns:

The serialized xml data.