001/**
002 * Copyright 2005-2015 The Kuali Foundation
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 * limitations under the License.
015 */
016package org.kuali.rice.krad.service;
017
018/**
019 * This interface defines methods that an XmlObjectSerializer Service must provide. This will wrap our needs for xml to object and
020 * object to xml functionality.
021 * 
022 * 
023 */
024public interface XmlObjectSerializerService {
025    /**
026     * Marshals out XML from an object instance.
027     * 
028     * @param object
029     * @return
030     */
031    public String toXml(Object object);
032
033    /**
034     * Retrieves an Object instance from a String of XML - unmarshals.
035     * 
036     * @param xml
037     * @return
038     */
039    public Object fromXml(String xml);
040
041}