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package org.apache.xml.serializer;

This class defines the constants which are the names of the four default output methods.

The default output methods defined are:

  • XML
  • TEXT
  • HTML
These constants can be used as an argument to the OutputPropertiesFactory.getDefaultMethodProperties() method to get the properties to create a serializer. This class is a public API.
See Also:
@xsl.usagegeneral
/** * This class defines the constants which are the names of the four default * output methods. * <p> * The default output methods defined are: * <ul> * <li>XML * <li>TEXT * <li>HTML * </ul> * These constants can be used as an argument to the * OutputPropertiesFactory.getDefaultMethodProperties() method to get * the properties to create a serializer. * * This class is a public API. * * @see OutputPropertiesFactory * @see Serializer * * @xsl.usage general */
public final class Method {
A private constructor to prevent the creation of such a class.
/** * A private constructor to prevent the creation of such a class. */
private Method() { }
The output method type for XML documents: xml.
/** * The output method type for XML documents: <tt>xml</tt>. */
public static final String XML = "xml";
The output method type for HTML documents: html.
/** * The output method type for HTML documents: <tt>html</tt>. */
public static final String HTML = "html";
The output method for XHTML documents: xhtml.

This method type is not currently supported.

/** * The output method for XHTML documents: <tt>xhtml</tt>. * <p> * This method type is not currently supported. */
public static final String XHTML = "xhtml";
The output method type for text documents: text.
/** * The output method type for text documents: <tt>text</tt>. */
public static final String TEXT = "text";
The "internal" method, just used when no method is specified in the style sheet, and a serializer of this type wraps either an XML or HTML type (depending on the first tag in the output being html or not)
/** * The "internal" method, just used when no method is * specified in the style sheet, and a serializer of this type wraps either an * XML or HTML type (depending on the first tag in the output being html or * not) */
public static final String UNKNOWN = ""; }