001    /*
002     * Copyright 2005-2007 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     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.kns.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     */
024    public 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    }