/*
* Copyright 2005 Werner Guttmann
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package org.exolab.castor.xml;
/**
* Configurable factory object for XML serialization.
*
* The XML serializer factory is set through the
* <tt>org.exolab.castor.xml.serializer.factory</tt> in the
* <tt>castor.properties</tt> file shipped with the product JAR.
* By default, this is set to a value of
* <tt>org.exolab.castor.xml.XercesJDK5XMLSerializerFactory</tt>. This
* {@link XMLSerializerFactory} will use the Xerces instance as shipped with
* the JRE.
*
* To use another {@link XMLSerializerFactory}, please override this
* property in a custom <tt>castor.properties</tt>.
*
* When using Castor XML with JDK 5.0 and above, you may switch to
* the {@link XercesXMLSerializerFactory}, which will use a separately
* downloaded Xerces instance, and not the one shipped with the JRE
* itself.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:werner DOT guttmann AT gmx DOT net">Werner Guttmann</a>
* @version $Revision$ $Date: 2006-04-25 16:09:10 -0600 (Tue, 25 Apr
* 2006) $
*
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface XMLSerializerFactory {
/**
* Factory method for obtaining a Serializer instance.
*
* @return A Serializer instance.
*/
Serializer getSerializer();
/**
* Factory method for obtaining a OutputFormat instance.
*
* @return A OutputFormat instance.
*/
OutputFormat getOutputFormat();
}