content/base/public/nsIDOMSerializer.idl

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     1.4 +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
     1.5 +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
     1.6 + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
     1.7 + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
     1.8 +
     1.9 +#include "nsISupports.idl"
    1.10 +
    1.11 +interface nsIOutputStream;
    1.12 +interface nsIDOMNode;
    1.13 +
    1.14 +/**
    1.15 + * The nsIDOMSerializer interface is really a placeholder till the W3C
    1.16 + * DOM Working Group defines a mechanism for serializing DOM nodes.
    1.17 + * An instance of this interface can be used to serialize a DOM document
    1.18 + * or any DOM subtree.
    1.19 + */
    1.20 +
    1.21 +[scriptable, uuid(9fd4ba15-e67c-4c98-b52c-7715f62c9196)]
    1.22 +interface nsIDOMSerializer : nsISupports
    1.23 +{
    1.24 +  /**
    1.25 +   * The subtree rooted by the specified element is serialized to
    1.26 +   * a string.
    1.27 +   * 
    1.28 +   * @param root The root of the subtree to be serialized. This could
    1.29 +   *             be any node, including a Document.
    1.30 +   * @returns The serialized subtree in the form of a Unicode string
    1.31 +   */
    1.32 +  AString serializeToString(in nsIDOMNode root);
    1.33 +
    1.34 +  /**
    1.35 +   * The subtree rooted by the specified element is serialized to
    1.36 +   * a byte stream using the character set specified.
    1.37 +   * @param root The root of the subtree to be serialized. This could
    1.38 +   *             be any node, including a Document.
    1.39 +   * @param stream The byte stream to which the subtree is serialized.
    1.40 +   * @param charset The name of the character set to use for the encoding
    1.41 +   *                to a byte stream.  If this string is empty and root is
    1.42 +   *                a document, the document's character set will be used.
    1.43 +   */
    1.44 +  void serializeToStream(in nsIDOMNode root, in nsIOutputStream stream,
    1.45 +                         in AUTF8String charset);
    1.46 +};
    1.47 +
    1.48 +%{ C++
    1.49 +#define NS_XMLSERIALIZER_CID                        \
    1.50 + { /* a6cf9124-15b3-11d2-932e-00805f8add32 */       \
    1.51 +   0xa6cf9124, 0x15b3, 0x11d2,                      \
    1.52 +  {0x93, 0x2e, 0x00, 0x80, 0x5f, 0x8a, 0xdd, 0x32} }
    1.53 +#define NS_XMLSERIALIZER_CONTRACTID \
    1.54 +"@mozilla.org/xmlextras/xmlserializer;1"
    1.55 +%}
    1.56 +

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