1 /*
2 Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
3 Copyright (C) 2000 Intersect Software Corporation
4
5 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9
10 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org
17 */
18
19 package net.wotonomy.foundation.xml;
20
21 import java.io.OutputStream;
22
23 /***
24 * Defines an interface for classes that can serialize
25 * an arbitrary java object into XML format.
26 */
27 public interface XMLEncoder
28 {
29 /***
30 * Encodes an object to the specified output stream as XML.
31 * @param anObject The object to be serialized to XML format.
32 * @param anOutputStream The output stream to which the object
33 * will be written. The stream will not be flushed nor closed.
34 */
35 public void encode( Object anObject, OutputStream anOutputStream );
36 }
37
38 /*
39 * $Log$
40 * Revision 1.1 2006/02/18 22:21:10 cgruber
41 * Add in simple xml interfaces from net.wotonomy.xml project.
42 * Add cobertura.ser to .cvsignore. God I wish sourceforge would move on this subversion thing...
43 *
44 * Revision 1.1 2006/02/16 13:22:22 cgruber
45 * Check in all sources in eclipse-friendly maven-enabled packages.
46 *
47 * Revision 1.2 2001/02/06 14:34:23 mpowers
48 * Forgot to rename the package declarations.
49 *
50 * Revision 1.1 2001/02/06 14:31:19 mpowers
51 * Moving XML utilities from util to xml package.
52 *
53 * Revision 1.1.1.1 2000/12/21 15:52:33 mpowers
54 * Contributing wotonomy.
55 *
56 * Revision 1.2 2000/12/20 16:25:48 michael
57 * Added log to all files.
58 *
59 *
60 */
61