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.

See Also:

Serializer

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

getSerializerAs

public Serializer getSerializerAs(java.lang.String mechanismType)
                           throws JAXRPCException

Returns a Serializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type.

Parameters:

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

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 a list of all XML processing mechanism types supported by this SerializerFactory.

Returns:

List of unique identifiers for the supported XML processing mechanism types