org.apache.xml.serializer
Interface DOMSerializer

All Known Subinterfaces:

DOMSerializer, SerializationHandler

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 );
 

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