org.apache.cocoon.components.sax
Interface XMLSerializer

All Superinterfaces:

Component, ContentHandler, LexicalHandler, XMLConsumer, XMLConsumer

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLByteStreamCompiler

public interface XMLSerializer

extends XMLConsumer, 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 433543 2006-08-22 06:22:54Z crossley $

Author:

Carsten Ziegeler

Field Summary

static String

ROLE

Method Summary

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 String ROLE

Method Detail

getSAXFragment

public Object getSAXFragment()

Get the serialized xml data

Returns:

The serialized xml data.