net.shibboleth.metadata

Interface ItemCollectionSerializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of data contained in each item

All Known Implementing Classes:

DOMElementSerializer, SimpleItemCollectionSerializer

public interface ItemCollectionSerializer<T>

Item collection serializers convert a Collection of Items into an octet stream. The caller is responsible for managing (opening, closing, etc.) the output stream.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	serializeCollection(Collection<Item<T>> items, OutputStream output) Serializes the collection of Items to the given output stream.

Method Detail

serializeCollection

void serializeCollection(@Nonnull
                       Collection<Item<T>> items,
                       @Nonnull
                       OutputStream output)

Serializes the collection of Items to the given output stream.

Parameters:

items - Collection of Items to be serialized

output - output stream to which the serialized form of the Item collection will be written