javax.xml.rpc.encoding
Interface SerializerFactory

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public interface SerializerFactory

extends java.io.Serializable

The javax.xml.rpc.encoding.SerializerFactory is a factory of the serializers. A SerializerFactory is registered with a TypeMapping object as part of the TypeMappingRegistry.

Version:

1.0

Method Summary

Serializer	getSerializerAs(java.lang.String mechanismType) Returns a Serializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type.
java.util.Iterator	getSupportedMechanismTypes() Returns an Iterator over all XML processing mechanism types supported by this SerializerFactory.

Method Detail

getSerializerAs

public Serializer getSerializerAs(java.lang.String mechanismType)

Returns a Serializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type.

Parameters:

mechanismType - - XML processing mechanism type [TBD: definition of valid constants]

Returns:

a Serializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type

Throws:

JAXRPCException - if SerializerFactory does not support the specified XML processing mechanism

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if an invalid mechanism type is specified

getSupportedMechanismTypes

public java.util.Iterator getSupportedMechanismTypes()

Returns an Iterator over all XML processing mechanism types supported by this SerializerFactory.

Returns:

an Iterator over the mechanism types (Strings?)