org.apache.xml.security.encryption

Interface Serializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSerializer, DocumentSerializer, TransformSerializer

public interface Serializer

Converts Strings into Nodes and visa versa.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	canonSerialize(org.w3c.dom.Node node) Deprecated.
byte[]	canonSerializeToByteArray(org.w3c.dom.Node node) Use the Canonicalizer to serialize the node
org.w3c.dom.Node	deserialize(byte[] source, org.w3c.dom.Node ctx)
org.w3c.dom.Node	deserialize(java.lang.String source, org.w3c.dom.Node ctx) Deprecated.
java.lang.String	serialize(org.w3c.dom.Element element) Deprecated.
java.lang.String	serialize(org.w3c.dom.NodeList content) Deprecated.
byte[]	serializeToByteArray(org.w3c.dom.Element element) Returns a byte[] representation of the specified Element.
byte[]	serializeToByteArray(org.w3c.dom.NodeList content) Returns a byte[] representation of the specified NodeList.
void	setCanonicalizer(Canonicalizer canon) Set the Canonicalizer object to use.

Method Detail

setCanonicalizer

void setCanonicalizer(Canonicalizer canon)

Set the Canonicalizer object to use.

serialize

@Deprecated
java.lang.String serialize(org.w3c.dom.Element element)
                                throws java.lang.Exception

Deprecated.

Returns a String representation of the specified Element.

Parameters:

element - the Element to serialize.

Returns:

the String representation of the serilaized Element.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

serializeToByteArray

byte[] serializeToByteArray(org.w3c.dom.Element element)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

Returns a byte[] representation of the specified Element.

Parameters:

element - the Element to serialize.

Returns:

the byte[] representation of the serilaized Element.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

serialize

@Deprecated
java.lang.String serialize(org.w3c.dom.NodeList content)
                                throws java.lang.Exception

Deprecated.

Returns a String representation of the specified NodeList.

Parameters:

content - the NodeList to serialize.

Returns:

the String representation of the serialized NodeList.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

serializeToByteArray

byte[] serializeToByteArray(org.w3c.dom.NodeList content)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

Returns a byte[] representation of the specified NodeList.

Parameters:

content - the NodeList to serialize.

Returns:

the byte[] representation of the serialized NodeList.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

canonSerialize

@Deprecated
java.lang.String canonSerialize(org.w3c.dom.Node node)
                                     throws java.lang.Exception

Deprecated.

Use the Canonicalizer to serialize the node

Parameters:

node -

Returns:

the canonicalization of the node

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

canonSerializeToByteArray

byte[] canonSerializeToByteArray(org.w3c.dom.Node node)
                          throws java.lang.Exception

Use the Canonicalizer to serialize the node

Parameters:

node -

Returns:

the (byte[]) canonicalization of the node

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

deserialize

@Deprecated
org.w3c.dom.Node deserialize(java.lang.String source,
                                         org.w3c.dom.Node ctx)
                                  throws XMLEncryptionException

Deprecated.

Parameters:

source -

ctx -

Returns:

the Node resulting from the parse of the source

Throws:

XMLEncryptionException

deserialize

org.w3c.dom.Node deserialize(byte[] source,
                             org.w3c.dom.Node ctx)
                      throws XMLEncryptionException

Parameters:

source -

ctx -

Returns:

the Node resulting from the parse of the source

Throws:

XMLEncryptionException