 void <B>setOutputFormat</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/xml/serialize/OutputFormat.html">OutputFormat</A>&nbsp;format)</PRE>
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<DD><B>Deprecated.</B>&nbsp;<DD>Specifies an output format for this serializer. It the
 serializer has already been associated with an output format,
 it will switch to the new format. This method should not be
 called while the serializer is in the process of serializing
 a document.<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>format</CODE> - The output format to use</DL>
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