net.shibboleth.metadata

Interface ItemSerializer<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of data contained in the item

All Known Implementing Classes:

DOMElementSerializer

public interface ItemSerializer<T>

Item serializers convert an Item into an octet stream. The caller is responsible for managing (opening, closing, etc.) the output stream and orchestrating the serialization of collections of Items.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	serialize(Item<T> item, OutputStream output) Serializes the Item to the given output stream.

Method Detail

serialize

void serialize(@Nonnull
             Item<T> item,
             @Nonnull
             OutputStream output)

Serializes the Item to the given output stream.

Parameters:

item - Item to be serialized

output - output stream to which the serialized Item will be written