net.shibboleth.metadata
Interface ItemSerializer<ItemType extends Item<?>>

Type Parameters:

ItemType - type of Item that can be serialized to an OutputStream

All Known Implementing Classes:

DomElementSerializer

public interface ItemSerializer<ItemType extends Item<?>>

Serializers convert a collection of Item in to an octet stream.

Method Summary

void	serialize(Collection<ItemType> itemCollection, OutputStream output) Serializes the Item to the given output stream.

Method Detail

serialize

void serialize(@Nonnull@NonnullElements
               Collection<ItemType> itemCollection,
               @Nonnull
               OutputStream output)

Serializes the Item to the given output stream.

Parameters:

itemCollection - collection of Items

output - output stream to which the Item will be written