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  /*
   * $Id$
   */
  package org.apache.xalan.serialize;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.OutputStream;
  import java.io.Writer;
  import java.util.Properties;
  
  import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler;
  
  /**
   * The Serializer interface is implemented by Serializers to publish methods
   * to get and set streams and writers, to set the output properties, and
   * get the Serializer as a ContentHandler or DOMSerializer.
   * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
   */
  public interface Serializer
  {
  
    /**
     * Specifies an output stream to which the document should be
     * serialized. This method should not be called while the
     * serializer is in the process of serializing a document.
     * <p>
     * The encoding specified in the output {@link Properties} is used, or
     * if no encoding was specified, the default for the selected
     * output method.
     *
     * @param output The output stream
     * 
     * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
     */
    public void setOutputStream(OutputStream output);
  
    /**
     * Get the output stream where the events will be serialized to.
     *
     * @return reference to the result stream, or null of only a writer was
     * set.
     * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
     */
    public OutputStream getOutputStream();
  
    /**
     * Specifies a writer to which the document should be serialized.
     * This method should not be called while the serializer is in
     * the process of serializing a document.
     * <p>
     * The encoding specified for the output {@link Properties} must be
     * identical to the output format used with the writer.
     *
     * @param writer The output writer stream
     * 
     * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
     */
    public void setWriter(Writer writer);
  
    /**
     * Get the character stream where the events will be serialized to.
     *
     * @return Reference to the result Writer, or null.
     * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
     */
    public Writer getWriter();
  
    /**
     * Specifies an output format for this serializer. It the
     * serializer has already been associated with an output format,
     * it will switch to the new format. This method should not be
     * called while the serializer is in the process of serializing
     * a document.
     *
     * @param format The output format to use
     * 
     * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
     */
    public void setOutputFormat(Properties format);
  
    /**
     * Returns the output format for this serializer.
     *
     * @return The output format in use
     * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
     */
    public Properties getOutputFormat();
  
    /**
     * Return a {@link ContentHandler} interface into this serializer.
     * If the serializer does not support the {@link ContentHandler}
     * interface, it should return null.
     *
     * @return A {@link ContentHandler} interface into this serializer,
     *  or null if the serializer is not SAX 2 capable
     * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured
     * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
     */
    public ContentHandler asContentHandler() throws IOException;
  
    /**
     * Return a {@link DOMSerializer} interface into this serializer.
     * If the serializer does not support the {@link DOMSerializer}
     * interface, it should return null.
     *
     * @return A {@link DOMSerializer} interface into this serializer,
     *  or null if the serializer is not DOM capable
     * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured
     * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
     */
    public DOMSerializer asDOMSerializer() throws IOException;
  
    /**
     * Resets the serializer. If this method returns true, the
     * serializer may be used for subsequent serialization of new
     * documents. It is possible to change the output format and
     * output stream prior to serializing, or to use the existing
     * output format and output stream.
     *
     * @return True if serializer has been reset and can be reused
     * 
     * @deprecated Use org.apache.xml.serializer.Serializer
     */
    public boolean reset();
  }
  