## org.apache.xml.serializer
Class Method

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--org.apache.xml.serializer.Method

public final class Method
extends java.lang.Object

This class defines the constants which are the names of the four default output methods.

The default output methods defined are:

- XML
- TEXT
- HTML

These constants can be used as an argument to the OutputPropertiesFactory.getDefaultMethodProperties() method to get the properties to create a serializer. This class is a public API.

See Also:
  `OutputPropertiesFactory`, `Serializer`
Usage:

Field Summary
`static java.lang.String` `HTML` The output method type for HTML documents: `html`.
`static java.lang.String` `TEXT` The output method type for text documents: `text`.
`static java.lang.String` `UNKNOWN` The "internal" method, just used when no method is specified in the style sheet, and a serializer of this type wraps either an XML or HTML type (depending on the first tag in the output being html or not)
`static java.lang.String` `XHTML` The output method for XHTML documents: `xhtml`.
`static java.lang.String` `XML` The output method type for XML documents: `xml`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### XML

    public static final java.lang.String XML

  The output method type for XML documents: `xml`.

### HTML

    public static final java.lang.String HTML

  The output method type for HTML documents: `html`.

### XHTML

    public static final java.lang.String XHTML

  The output method for XHTML documents: `xhtml`.

  This method type is not currently supported.

### TEXT

    public static final java.lang.String TEXT

  The output method type for text documents: `text`.

### UNKNOWN

    public static final java.lang.String UNKNOWN

  The "internal" method, just used when no method is specified in the style sheet, and a serializer of this type wraps either an XML or HTML type (depending on the first tag in the output being html or not)

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