com.tangosol.run.xml

Interface XmlSerializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleDocument, SimpleElement, XmlBean

public interface XmlSerializable

An interface for XML serialization.

Author:

cp 2000.10.22

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	fromXml(XmlElement xml) Deserialize the object from an XmlElement.
XmlElement	toXml() Serialize the object into an XmlElement.

Method Detail

toXml

XmlElement toXml()

Serialize the object into an XmlElement.

Returns:

an XmlElement that contains the serialized form of the object

fromXml

void fromXml(XmlElement xml)

Deserialize the object from an XmlElement. This method can throw one of several RuntimeExceptions.

Parameters:

xml - an XmlElement that contains the serialized form of the object

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the operation is not supported

IllegalStateException - if this is not an appropriate state

IllegalArgumentException - if there is an illegal argument