org.apache.cocoon.serialization
Interface Serializer

All Superinterfaces:

Component, ContentHandler, LexicalHandler, SitemapOutputComponent, XMLConsumer, XMLConsumer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSerializer, ElementProcessorSerializer, EncodingSerializer, LinkSerializer, SVGSerializer

public interface Serializer

extends XMLConsumer, SitemapOutputComponent

A serializer is the last point of a pipeline. It "serializes" XML arriving as SAX events into any binary format.
Serializers can additionally implement the SitemapModelComponent interface to gain access to the resolver, objectModel, source or parameters objects.

Version:

CVS $Id: Serializer.java 433543 2006-08-22 06:22:54Z crossley $

Author:

Pierpaolo Fumagalli (Apache Software Foundation)

Field Summary

static String

ROLE

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.cocoon.sitemap.SitemapOutputComponent

getMimeType, setOutputStream, shouldSetContentLength

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final String ROLE