/*
  XMLizable.java / Frost
  Copyright (C) 2003  Frost Project <jtcfrost.sourceforge.net>

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  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
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  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  General Public License for more details.

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*/
package frost.util;
import java.io.*;

import org.w3c.dom.*;
import org.xml.sax.*;

/**
 * @author zlatinb
 * Interface for objects that will be serializable in xml
 */
public interface XMLizable extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Creates an xml element of those objects that can be serialized to xml
     * @param container the parent document
     * @return the element that's ready to be returned
     */
    public Element getXMLElement(Document container);

    public void loadXMLElement(Element e) throws SAXException; //this probably shouldn't be SAXException

}