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24 package org.openoffice.xmerge;
25 
26 import java.io.IOException;
27 
28 /**
29  *  <p>A <code>DocumentSerializer2</code> represents a converter that
30  *  converts a &quot;Office&quot; <code>Document</code> to a
31  *  &quot;Device&quot; <code>Document</code> format.</p>
32  *
33  *  <p>The <code>PluginFactory</code> {@link
34  *  org.openoffice.xmerge.DocumentSerializerFactory#createDocumentSerializer
35  *  createDocumentSerializer} method creates a <code>DocumentSerializer</code>,
36  *  which may or may not implement <code>DocumentSerializer2</code>.
37  *  When it is constructed, a
38  *  &quot;Office&quot; <code>Document</code> object is passed in to
39  *  be used as input.</p>
40  *
41  *  @author  Henrik Just
42  *  @see     org.openoffice.xmerge.PluginFactory
43  *  @see     org.openoffice.xmerge.DocumentSerializerFactory
44  */
45 public interface DocumentSerializer2 extends DocumentSerializer {
46 
47     /**
48      *  <p>Convert the data passed into the <code>DocumentSerializer2</code>
49      *  constructor into the &quot;Device&quot; <code>Document</code>
50      *  format. The URL's passed may be used to resolve links and to name
51      *  the output device document(s).</p>
52      *
53      *  <p>This method may or may not be thread-safe.  It is expected
54      *  that the user code does not call this method in more than one
55      *  thread.  And for most cases, this method is only done once.</p>
56      *
57      *  @return  <code>ConvertData</code> object to pass back the
58      *           converted data.
59      *
60      *  @param   officeURL         URL of the office document (may be null if unknown)
61      *  @param   deviceURL         URL of the device document (may be null if unknown)
62      *
63      *  @throws  ConvertException  If any conversion error occurs.
64      *  @throws  IOException       If any I/O error occurs.
65      */
serialize(String officeURL, String deviceURL)66     public ConvertData serialize(String officeURL, String deviceURL) throws
67 	    ConvertException, IOException;
68 }
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