1 /*
2 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package javax.xml.rpc.encoding;
17
18 /**
19 * The javax.xml.rpc.encoding.Serializer interface defines the
20 * base interface for serializers. A Serializer converts
21 * a Java object to an XML representation using a specific XML
22 * processing mechanism and based on the specified type
23 * mapping and encoding style.
24 *
25 * @version 1.0
26 */
27 public interface Serializer extends java.io.Serializable {
28
29 /**
30 * Gets the type of the XML processing mechanism and representation used by this Serializer.
31 *
32 * @return XML processing mechanism type
33 */
34 public String getMechanismType();
35 }
36