Serializer (Apache XML Security for Java 4.0.4 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSerializer, DocumentSerializer, TransformSerializer
```
public interface Serializer
```
Converts Strings into Nodes and visa versa.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Node`	`deserialize(byte[] source, Node ctx)`
`byte[]`	`serializeToByteArray(Element element)`	Returns a `byte[]` representation of the specified `Element`.
`byte[]`	`serializeToByteArray(NodeList content)`	Returns a `byte[]` representation of the specified `NodeList`.

- Method Detail
  - serializeToByteArray
```
byte[] serializeToByteArray(Element element)
                     throws Exception
```
    Returns a byte[] representation of the specified Element.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - the Element to serialize.
    
    Returns:
    
    the byte[] representation of the serialized Element.
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception
  - serializeToByteArray
```
byte[] serializeToByteArray(NodeList content)
                     throws Exception
```
    Returns a byte[] representation of the specified NodeList.
    
    Parameters:
    
    content - the NodeList to serialize.
    
    Returns:
    
    the byte[] representation of the serialized NodeList.
    
    Throws:
    
    Exception
  - deserialize
```
Node deserialize(byte[] source,
                 Node ctx)
          throws XMLEncryptionException,
                 IOException
```
    Parameters:
    
    source -
    
    ctx -
    
    Returns:
    
    the Node resulting from the parse of the source
    
    Throws:
    
    XMLEncryptionException
    
    IOException