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  22 
  23 package com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize;
  24 
  25 
  26 import java.io.IOException;
  27 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  28 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
  29 import org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment;
  30 
  31 
  32 
  33 /**
  34  * Interface for a DOM serializer implementation.
  35  *
  36  *
  37  * @author <a href="mailto:Scott_Boag/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com">Scott Boag</a>
  38  * @author <a href="mailto:arkin@intalio.com">Assaf Arkin</a>
  39  *
  40  * @deprecated As of JDK 1.9, Xerces 2.9.0, Xerces DOM L3 Serializer implementation
  41  * is replaced by that of Xalan. Main class
  42  * {@link com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.DOMSerializerImpl} is replaced
  43  * by {@link com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serializer.dom3.LSSerializerImpl}.
  44  */
  45 public interface DOMSerializer
  46 {
  47 
  48 
  49     /**
  50      * Serialized the DOM element. Throws an exception only if
  51      * an I/O exception occured while serializing.
  52      *
  53      * @param elem The element to serialize
  54      * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
  55      *   serializing
  56      */
  57     public void serialize( Element elem )
  58         throws IOException;
  59 
  60 
  61     /**
  62      * Serializes the DOM document. Throws an exception only if
  63      * an I/O exception occured while serializing.
  64      *
  65      * @param doc The document to serialize
  66      * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
  67      *   serializing
  68      */
  69     public void serialize( Document doc )
  70         throws IOException;
  71 
  72 
  73     /**
  74      * Serializes the DOM document fragment. Throws an exception
  75      * only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.
  76      *
  77      * @param frag The document fragment to serialize
  78      * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
  79      *   serializing
  80      */
  81     public void serialize( DocumentFragment frag )
  82         throws IOException;
  83 
  84 
  85 }