001    /*
002     * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
003     * 
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     * 
008     *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package javax.xml.rpc.encoding;
017    
018    /**
019     * The javax.xml.rpc.encoding.Serializer interface defines the
020     * base interface for serializers. A Serializer converts
021     * a Java object to an XML representation using a specific XML
022     * processing mechanism and based on the specified type
023     * mapping and encoding style.
024     *
025     * @version 1.0
026     */
027    public interface Serializer extends java.io.Serializable {
028    
029        /**
030         * Gets the type of the XML processing mechanism and representation used by this Serializer.
031         *
032         * @return XML processing mechanism type
033         */
034        public String getMechanismType();
035    }
036