01: /*
02: * (C) Copyright 2001 Nabh Information Systems, Inc.
03: *
04: * All copyright notices regarding Nabh's products MUST remain
05: * intact in the scripts and in the outputted HTML.
06: * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
07: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
08: * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1
09: * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10: *
11: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14: * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
15: *
16: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
17: * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
18: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
19: *
20: */
21:
22: package com.nabhinc.core;
23:
24: import java.io.IOException;
25: import java.io.Writer;
26:
27: /**
28: * Represents objects that can be initialized via an XML element.
29: *
30: * @author Padmanabh Dabke
31: * (c) 2001 Nabh Information Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
32: */
33: public interface XMLSerializable {
34:
35: /**
36: * Initialize this object from an XML Element.
37: * Creation date: (10/9/2001 12:34:47 PM)
38: * @param config XML element specifying initialization properties
39: * @exception java.lang.Exception Implementation specific exception
40: */
41: void serialize(String indent, String delta, Writer out)
42: throws IOException;
43: }
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