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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.
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9  *
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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 JavaDoc {
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 JavaDoc getMechanismType();
35 }
36
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