Serializer (Castor JavaDoc)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AIXXercesJDK5Serializer, BaseXercesJDK5Serializer, WeblogicXercesSerializer, XercesJDK5Serializer, XercesSerializer
```
public interface Serializer
```
Interface contract for XML serialization business.

Author:

Werner Guttmann

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler`	`asDocumentHandler()`	Returns the `DocumentHandler` to use for serialization.
`void`	`setOutputByteStream(java.io.OutputStream output)`	Sets the `OutputStream` to use.
`void`	`setOutputCharStream(java.io.Writer out)`	Sets the OutputCharStream to use.
`void`	`setOutputFormat(OutputFormat format)`	Sets the `OutputFormat` to use during serialization.

- Method Detail
  - setOutputCharStream
```
void setOutputCharStream(java.io.Writer out)
```
    Sets the OutputCharStream to use.
    
    Parameters:
    
    out - the OutputCharStream to use.
  - asDocumentHandler
```
org.xml.sax.DocumentHandler asDocumentHandler()
                                       throws java.io.IOException
```
    Returns the DocumentHandler to use for serialization.
    
    Returns:
    
    the DocumentHandler to use for serialization.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - setOutputFormat
```
void setOutputFormat(OutputFormat format)
```
    Sets the OutputFormat to use during serialization.
    
    Parameters:
    
    format - The output format to use.
  - setOutputByteStream
```
void setOutputByteStream(java.io.OutputStream output)
```
    Sets the OutputStream to use.
    
    Parameters:
    
    output - the OutputStream to use