org.apache.xml.security.encryption

Class AbstractSerializer

java.lang.Object

org.apache.xml.security.encryption.AbstractSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializer

Direct Known Subclasses:

DocumentSerializer, TransformSerializer

public abstract class AbstractSerializer
extends Object
implements Serializer

Converts Strings into Nodes and visa versa. An abstract class for common Serializer functionality

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected boolean	secureValidation

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AbstractSerializer(String canonAlg, boolean secureValidation)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static byte[]	createContext(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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.xml.security.encryption.Serializer

deserialize

Field Detail

secureValidation

protected final boolean secureValidation

Constructor Detail

AbstractSerializer

protected AbstractSerializer(String canonAlg,
                             boolean secureValidation)
                      throws InvalidCanonicalizerException

Throws:

InvalidCanonicalizerException

Method Detail

serializeToByteArray

public byte[] serializeToByteArray(Element element)
                            throws Exception

Returns a byte[] representation of the specified Element.

Specified by:

serializeToByteArray in interface Serializer

Parameters:

element - the Element to serialize.

Returns:

the byte[] representation of the serilaized Element.

Throws:

Exception

serializeToByteArray

public byte[] serializeToByteArray(NodeList content)
                            throws Exception

Returns a byte[] representation of the specified NodeList.

Specified by:

serializeToByteArray in interface Serializer

Parameters:

content - the NodeList to serialize.

Returns:

the byte[] representation of the serialized NodeList.

Throws:

Exception

createContext

protected static byte[] createContext(byte[] source,
                                      Node ctx)
                               throws XMLEncryptionException

Throws:

XMLEncryptionException