org.apache.xml.serializer
Class Method

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.xml.serializer.Method

public final class Method
extends java.lang.Object

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:

OutputPropertiesFactory, Serializer

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	HTML The output method type for HTML documents: html.
static java.lang.String	TEXT The output method type for text documents: text.
static java.lang.String	UNKNOWN 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)
static java.lang.String	XHTML The output method for XHTML documents: xhtml.
static java.lang.String	XML The output method type for XML documents: xml.

Constructor Summary

private

Method() A private constructor to prevent the creation of such a class.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

XML

public static final java.lang.String XML

The output method type for XML documents: xml.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

HTML

public static final java.lang.String HTML

The output method type for HTML documents: html.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

XHTML

public static final java.lang.String XHTML

The output method for XHTML documents: xhtml.

This method type is not currently supported.

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Constant Field Values

TEXT

public static final java.lang.String TEXT

The output method type for text documents: text.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

UNKNOWN

public static final java.lang.String UNKNOWN

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)

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Method

private Method()

A private constructor to prevent the creation of such a class.