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019    
020    package javax.xml.rpc.encoding;
021    
022    /**
023     * The javax.xml.rpc.encoding.DeserializerFactory is a factory of
024     * deserializers. A DeserializerFactory is registered with a
025     * TypeMapping instance as part of the TypeMappingRegistry.
026     *
027     * @version $Rev: 467553 $ $Date: 2006-10-25 00:01:51 -0400 (Wed, 25 Oct 2006) $
028     */
029    public interface DeserializerFactory extends java.io.Serializable {
030    
031        /**
032         * Returns a Deserializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type.
033         *
034         * @param mechanismType XML processing mechanism type [TBD: definition of
035         *              valid constants]
036         *
037         * @return a Deserializer for the specified XML processing mechanism type
038         *
039         * @throws javax.xml.rpc.JAXRPCException if DeserializerFactory does not
040         *             support the specified XML processing mechanism
041         */
042        public Deserializer getDeserializerAs(String mechanismType);
043    
044        /**
045         * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over the list of all XML processing
046         * mechanism types supported by this <code>DeserializerFactory</code>.
047         *
048         * @return an <code>Iterator</code> over the unique identifiers for the
049         *              supported XML processing mechanism types (as
050         *              <code>String</code>s?)
051         */
052        public java.util.Iterator getSupportedMechanismTypes();
053    }
054