SerializerFactory (Axis API)

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

SerializerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArraySerializerFactory, Base64SerializerFactory, BaseSerializerFactory, BeanSerializerFactory, CalendarSerializerFactory, CastorEnumTypeSerializerFactory, CastorSerializerFactory, DateSerializerFactory, DocumentSerializerFactory, ElementSerializerFactory, EnumSerializerFactory, HexSerializerFactory, JAFDataHandlerSerializerFactory, MapSerializerFactory, QNameSerializerFactory, SimpleListSerializerFactory, SimpleSerializerFactory, TimeSerializerFactory, VectorSerializerFactory, XmlBeanSerializerFactory
```
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.

Version:

1.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Serializer`	`getSerializerAs(java.lang.String mechanismType)`	Returns a Serializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getSupportedMechanismTypes()`	Returns an Iterator over all XML processing mechanism types supported by this `SerializerFactory`.

- Method Detail
  - getSerializerAs
```
Serializer getSerializerAs(java.lang.String mechanismType)
```
    Returns a Serializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    mechanismType - - XML processing mechanism type [TBD: definition of valid constants]
    
    Returns:
    
    a Serializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type
    
    Throws:
    
    JAXRPCException - if SerializerFactory does not support the specified XML processing mechanism
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if an invalid mechanism type is specified
  - getSupportedMechanismTypes
```
java.util.Iterator getSupportedMechanismTypes()
```
    Returns an Iterator over all XML processing mechanism types supported by this SerializerFactory.
    
    Returns:
    
    an Iterator over the mechanism types (Strings?)