## org.apache.axis.encoding
Interface Serializer

All Superinterfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, Serializer

All Known Subinterfaces:
  SimpleValueSerializer

All Known Implementing Classes:
  ArraySerializer, Base64Serializer, BeanSerializer, CalendarSerializer, CastorSerializer, DateSerializer, DocumentSerializer, ElementSerializer, HexSerializer, JAFDataHandlerSerializer, MapSerializer, QNameSerializer, SimpleSerializer, VectorSerializer

public interface Serializer
extends Serializer

This interface describes the AXIS Serializer. An Axis compliant Serializer must provide one or more of the following methods: public <constructor>(Class javaType, QName xmlType) public <constructor>() This will allow for construction of generic factories that introspect the class to determine how to construct a deserializer. The xmlType, javaType arguments are filled in with the values known by the factory.

Method Summary
`void` `serialize(QName name, org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes, java.lang.Object value, SerializationContext context)` Serialize an element named name, with the indicated attributes and value.
`org.w3c.dom.Element` `writeSchema(java.lang.Class javaType, Types types)` Return XML schema for the specified type, suitable for insertion into the <types> element of a WSDL document, or underneath an <element> or <attribute> declaration.

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.rpc.encoding.Serializer
`getMechanismType`

Method Detail

### serialize

    public void serialize(QName name,
                          org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes,
                          java.lang.Object value,
                          SerializationContext context)
                   throws java.io.IOException

  Serialize an element named name, with the indicated attributes and value.

  Parameters:
    `name` - is the element name
    `attributes` - are the attributes...serialize is free to add more.
    `value` - is the value
    `context` - is the SerializationContext
    `java.io.IOException`

### writeSchema

    public org.w3c.dom.Element writeSchema(java.lang.Class javaType,
                                           Types types)
                                    throws java.lang.Exception

  Return XML schema for the specified type, suitable for insertion into the <types> element of a WSDL document, or underneath an <element> or <attribute> declaration.

  Parameters:
    `javaType` - the Java Class we're writing out schema for
    `types` - the Java2WSDL Types object which holds the context for the WSDL being generated.
  Returns:
    a type element containing a schema simpleType/complexType
    `java.lang.Exception`
  See Also:
    `Types`

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