1 /* 2 * Copyright 1999-2004 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 org.apache.cocoon.components.sax; 17 18 import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component; 19 import org.apache.cocoon.xml.XMLConsumer; 20 21 /** 22 * This interfaces identifies classes that serialize XML data, receiving 23 * notification of SAX events. 24 * <br> 25 * It's beyond the scope of this interface to specify the format for 26 * the serialized data. 27 * 28 * @author <a HREF="mailto:cziegeler@apache.org">Carsten Ziegeler</a> 29 * @version CVS $Id: XMLSerializer.java 30932 2004-07-29 17:35:38Z vgritsenko $ 30 */ 31 public interface XMLSerializer extends XMLConsumer, Component { 32 33 String ROLE = XMLSerializer.class.getName(); 34 /** 35 * Get the serialized xml data 36 * 37 * @return The serialized xml data. 38 */ 39 Object getSAXFragment(); 40 } 41