Serializer Plugin

A serializer serializes an object model to a stream of data. Among the default serializers are: IFC2x3, IfcXml, CityGML and others. Most serializers will output a textbased format but that is not required.

Serializer plugins must implement SerializerPlugin interface.

public interface SerializerPlugin extends Plugin {
	Serializer createSerializer(PluginConfiguration plugin);
	Set<Schema> getSupportedSchemas();
	String getOutputFormat(Schema schema);
	Set<String> getRequiredGeometryFields();
}

public interface Serializer {
	void init(IfcModelInterface model, ProjectInfo projectInfo, boolean normalizeOids) throws SerializerException;
	void writeToOutputStream(OutputStream outputStream, ProgressReporter progressReporter) throws SerializerException;
}

You can subclass EmfSerializer so you don't have to implement all methods.

You can subclass AbstractGeometrySerializer if your serializer is going to need triangulated geometry.