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package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment;

/**

 * Interface for a DOM serializer implementation.

 *

 *

 * @author <a href="mailto:Scott_Boag/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com">Scott Boag</a>

 * @author <a href="mailto:arkin@intalio.com">Assaf Arkin</a>

 *

 * @deprecated As of JDK 9, Xerces 2.9.0, Xerces DOM L3 Serializer implementation

 * is replaced by that of Xalan. Main class

 * {@link com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.DOMSerializerImpl} is replaced

 * by {@link com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serializer.dom3.LSSerializerImpl}.

 */

@Deprecated

public interface DOMSerializer

{

    /**

     * Serialized the DOM element. Throws an exception only if

     * an I/O exception occured while serializing.

     *

     * @param elem The element to serialize

     * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while

     *   serializing

     */

    public void serialize( Element elem )

        throws IOException;

    /**

     * Serializes the DOM document. Throws an exception only if

     * an I/O exception occured while serializing.

     *

     * @param doc The document to serialize

     * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while

     *   serializing

     */

    public void serialize( Document doc )

        throws IOException;

    /**

     * Serializes the DOM document fragment. Throws an exception

     * only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.

     *

     * @param frag The document fragment to serialize

     * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while

     *   serializing

     */

    public void serialize( DocumentFragment frag )

        throws IOException;

}