01: /*
02: * $Id: XmlSerializable.java,v 1.1 2003/08/17 04:21:40 ajzeneski Exp $
03: *
04: * Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 The Open For Business Project - www.ofbiz.org
05: *
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08: * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
09: * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
10: * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
11: * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
12: *
13: * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
14: * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
15: *
16: * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
17: * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
18: * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
19: * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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21: * OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR
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23: */
24: package org.ofbiz.entity.serialize;
25:
26: import org.w3c.dom.Element;
27:
28: /**
29: * XmlSerializable
30: *
31: * @author <a href="mailto:jaz@ofbiz.org">Andy Zeneski</a>
32: * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
33: * @since 2.0
34: */
35: public interface XmlSerializable {
36:
37: /**
38: * Deserialize the XML element back to an object
39: * @element XML element
40: * @throws SerializeException
41: */
42: public Object deserialize(Element element)
43: throws SerializeException;
44:
45: /**
46: * Serialize the object to an XML element
47: * @throws SerializeException
48: */
49: public Element serialize() throws SerializeException;
50:
51: }
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