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package org.apache.xml.serialize;

import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

Author:
Scott Boag, Assaf Arkin
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 and HTML. See the Xerces documentation for more 
information.
Version:
$Revision: 699892 $ $Date: 2008-09-29 02:38:27 +0530 (Mon, 29 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 and HTML. See the Xerces documentation for more 
 * information.
 * @version $Revision: 699892 $ $Date: 2008-09-29 02:38:27 +0530 (Mon, 29 Sep 2008) $
 * @author <a href="mailto:Scott_Boag/CAM/Lotus@lotus.com">Scott Boag</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:arkin@intalio.com">Assaf Arkin</a>
 */
public abstract class SerializerFactory {
    
    public static final String FactoriesProperty = "org.apache.xml.serialize.factories";

    private static Hashtable  _factories = new Hashtable();

    static
    {
        SerializerFactory factory;
        String            list;
        StringTokenizer   token;
        String            className;

        // The default factories are always registered first,
        // any factory specified in the properties file and supporting
        // the same method will override the default factory.
        factory =  new SerializerFactoryImpl( Method.XML );
        registerSerializerFactory( factory );
        factory =  new SerializerFactoryImpl( Method.HTML );
        registerSerializerFactory( factory );
        factory =  new SerializerFactoryImpl( Method.XHTML );
        registerSerializerFactory( factory );
        factory =  new SerializerFactoryImpl( Method.TEXT );
        registerSerializerFactory( factory );

        list = SecuritySupport.getSystemProperty( FactoriesProperty );
        if ( list != null ) {
            token = new StringTokenizer( list, " ;,:" );
            while ( token.hasMoreTokens() ) {
                className = token.nextToken();
                try {
                    factory = (SerializerFactory) ObjectFactory.newInstance( className,
                        SerializerFactory.class.getClassLoader(), true);
                    if ( _factories.containsKey( factory.getSupportedMethod() ) )
                        _factories.put( factory.getSupportedMethod(), factory );
                } catch ( Exception except ) { }
            }
        }
    }


    
Register a serializer factory, keyed by the given
method string.
/**
     * Register a serializer factory, keyed by the given
     * method string.
     */
    public static void registerSerializerFactory( SerializerFactory factory )
    {
        String method;

        synchronized ( _factories ) {
            method = factory.getSupportedMethod();
            _factories.put( method, factory );
        }
    }


    
Register a serializer factory, keyed by the given
method string.
/**
     * Register a serializer factory, keyed by the given
     * method string.
     */
    public static SerializerFactory getSerializerFactory( String method )
    {
        return (SerializerFactory) _factories.get( method );
    }


    
Returns the method supported by this factory and used to register
the factory. This call is required so factories can be added from
a properties file by knowing only the class name. This method is
protected, it is only required by this class but must be implemented
in derived classes.
/**
     * Returns the method supported by this factory and used to register
     * the factory. This call is required so factories can be added from
     * a properties file by knowing only the class name. This method is
     * protected, it is only required by this class but must be implemented
     * in derived classes.
     */
    protected abstract String getSupportedMethod();


    
Create a new serializer based on the OutputFormat. If this method is used to create the serializer, the Serializer.setOutputByteStream or Serializer.setOutputCharStream methods must be called before serializing a document. /**
     * Create a new serializer based on the {@link OutputFormat}.
     * If this method is used to create the serializer, the {@link
     * Serializer#setOutputByteStream} or {@link Serializer#setOutputCharStream}
     * methods must be called before serializing a document.
     */
    public abstract Serializer makeSerializer(OutputFormat format);


    
Create a new serializer, based on the OutputFormat and using the writer as the output character stream. If this method is used, the encoding property will be ignored. /**
     * Create a new serializer, based on the {@link OutputFormat} and
     * using the writer as the output character stream.  If this
     * method is used, the encoding property will be ignored.
     */
    public abstract Serializer makeSerializer( Writer writer,
                                               OutputFormat format );


    
Create a new serializer, based on the OutputFormat and using the output byte stream and the encoding specified in the output format. 
Throws:
UnsupportedEncodingException – The specified encoding is
  not supported/**
     * Create a new serializer, based on the {@link OutputFormat} and
     * using the output byte stream and the encoding specified in the
     * output format.
     *
     * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException The specified encoding is
     *   not supported
     */
    public abstract Serializer makeSerializer( OutputStream output,
                                               OutputFormat format )
        throws UnsupportedEncodingException;


}