Package org.apache.xml.serializer

Interface DOMSerializer

All Known Subinterfaces:
SerializationHandler
All Known Implementing Classes:
SerializerBase, ToHTMLStream, ToSAXHandler, ToStream, ToTextSAXHandler, ToTextStream, ToUnknownStream, ToXMLSAXHandler, ToXMLStream
public interface DOMSerializer
Interface for a DOM serializer implementation.

The DOMSerializer is a facet of a serializer and is obtained from the asDOMSerializer() method of the (Serializer) interface. A serializer may or may not support a DOM serializer, if it does not then the return value from asDOMSerializer() is null.

Example: 

 // Create a document to be serialized
 org.w3c.dom.Document doc = ...;
 
 // Create a Serializer that will be used
 // to serialize the document  
 org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer ser = ...;

 // Set the Writer to write output to, and 
 // serialize the DOM using that Serializer
 java.io.StringWriter sw = new java.io.StringWriter();
 ser.setWriter(sw);
 DOMSerialzier dser = ser.asDOMSerializer();
 dser.serialize(doc);
 
 // Write out the serialized XML in the String.
 System.out.println(sw.toString());
See Also:
OutputPropertiesFactory, SerializerFactory, Serializer

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    void serialize​(Node node)
    Serializes the DOM node.

  • Method Details

    • serialize

      void serialize​(Node node) throws IOException
      Serializes the DOM node. Throws an exception only if an I/O exception occured while serializing. This interface is a public API.
      Parameters:
      node - the DOM node to serialize
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O exception occured while serializing