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#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsISchemaType;
interface nsISOAPEncoding;
interface nsIVariant;
interface nsIDOMElement;
interface nsISOAPAttachments;

/**
 * This interface permits encoding of variants.
 */

[scriptable, uuid(fc33ffd6-1dd1-11b2-8750-fa62430a38b4)]
interface nsISOAPEncoder : nsISupports {

  /**
   * Encode the source variant.
   *
   * @param aEncodings The encodings to be used.
   *
   * @param aEncodingStyleURI The encoding style
   *
   * @param aSource The variant to be encoded.
   *
   * @param aNamespaceURI The namespace of the thing being coded
   *
   * @param aName The name of the thing being coded
   *
   * @param aSchemaType The schema type of the thing being encoded
   *
   * @param aDestination The node scope, if any, where the result 
   *   will live.  If this is null, then the result must be 
   *   explicitly attached to the message.
   *
   * @return element which was inserted.
   *
   * @param aAttachments Accumulates any attachments.
   */
  nsIDOMElement encode(in nsISOAPEncoding aEncoding,
                       in nsIVariant aSource,
                       in AString aNamespaceURI,
                       in AString aName,
                       in nsISchemaType aSchemaType,
                       in nsISOAPAttachments aAttachments,
                       in nsIDOMElement aDestination);
};