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16 package javax.xml.rpc.encoding;
17
18 import java.util.Iterator JavaDoc;
19
20 /**
21  * The javax.xml.rpc.encoding.SerializerFactory is a factory of
22  * the serializers. A SerializerFactory is registered with a
23  * TypeMapping object as part of the TypeMappingRegistry.
24  *
25  * @version 1.0
26  */

27 public interface SerializerFactory extends java.io.Serializable JavaDoc {
28
29     /**
30      * Returns a Serializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type.
31      *
32      * @param mechanismType - XML processing mechanism type [TBD: definition
33      * of valid constants]
34      *
35      * @return a <code>Serializer</code> for the specified XML processing
36      * mechanism type
37      *
38      * @throws javax.xml.rpc.JAXRPCException
39      * if <code>SerializerFactory</code> does not support the
40      * specified XML processing mechanism
41      * @throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
42      * if an invalid mechanism type is specified
43      */

44     public Serializer JavaDoc getSerializerAs(String JavaDoc mechanismType);
45
46     /**
47      * Returns an Iterator over all XML processing mechanism types supported by
48      * this <code>SerializerFactory</code>.
49      *
50      * @return an Iterator over the mechanism types (<Code>String</code>s?)
51      */

52     public Iterator JavaDoc getSupportedMechanismTypes();
53 }
54
55
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