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 17 package org.apache.axis.encoding; 18 19 import org.xml.sax.SAXException; 20 21 22 /** 23 * A deserializer constructs a value from the xml passed over the wire and 24 * sets a target. The value is set on the target in a number of ways: 25 * setting a field, calling a method, setting an indexed property. 26 * The Target interface hides the complexity. The set method is simply 27 * invoked with the value. A class that implements the Target interface 28 * needs to supply enough information in the constructor to properly do the 29 * set (for example see MethodTarget) 30 */ 31 public interface Target 32 { 33 public void set(Object value) throws SAXException; 34 } 35