001 package edu.nrao.sss.util; 002 003 /** 004 * An <code>XmlSerializable</code> is an object that can read and write its 005 * state in an XML format. 006 * <p> 007 * <b>CVS Info:</b> 008 * <table style="margin-left:2em"> 009 * <tr><td>$Revision: 161 $</td> 010 * <tr><td>$Date: 2006-12-15 11:48:34 -0700 (Fri, 15 Dec 2006) $</td> 011 * <tr><td>$Author: btruitt $</td> 012 * </table></p> 013 * 014 * @author David M. Harland 015 * @since 2006-02-23 016 */ 017 public interface XmlSerializable 018 { 019 /** 020 * Returns an XML representation of this object. 021 * 022 * @return an XML representation of this object. 023 */ 024 public String toXml(); 025 026 /** 027 * Sets the state of this object based on the contents of the 028 * <code>xml</code> parameter. 029 * 030 * @param xml an XML representation of this object. 031 */ 032 public void fromXml(String xml); 033 }