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  package mf.org.apache.xml.serialize;
  
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  
  import mf.org.w3c.dom.Document;
  import mf.org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment;
  import mf.org.w3c.dom.Element;
  
  
  /**
   * Interface for a DOM serializer implementation.
   *
   * @author <a href="mailto:Scott_Boag/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com">Scott Boag</a>
   * @author <a href="mailto:arkin@intalio.com">Assaf Arkin</a>
   * @version $Revision: 699892 $ $Date: 2008-09-28 17:08:27 -0400 (Sun, 28 Sep 2008) $
   * @deprecated This class was deprecated in Xerces 2.9.0. It is recommended
   * that new applications use the DOM Level 3 LSSerializer or JAXP's Transformation
   * API for XML (TrAX) for serializing XML. See the Xerces documentation for more
   * information.
   */
  @Deprecated
  public interface DOMSerializer {
  
  
      /**
       * Serialized the DOM element. Throws an exception only if
       * an I/O exception occured while serializing.
       *
       * @param elem The element to serialize
       * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
       *                     serializing
       */
      void serialize(Element elem)
              throws IOException;
  
  
      /**
       * Serializes the DOM document. Throws an exception only if
       * an I/O exception occured while serializing.
       *
       * @param doc The document to serialize
       * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
       *                     serializing
       */
      void serialize(Document doc)
              throws IOException;
  
  
      /**
       * Serializes the DOM document fragment. Throws an exception
       * only if an I/O exception occured while serializing.
       *
       * @param frag The document fragment to serialize
       * @throws IOException An I/O exception occured while
       *                     serializing
       */
      void serialize(DocumentFragment frag)
              throws IOException;
  
  
  }
  
  
  
  