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package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings.converters;
import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.converters.Converter;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.XMLMarshaller;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.XMLUnmarshaller;
import org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.Session;
/**
* <p><b>Purpose</b>: Conversion interface to allow conversion between object and data types.
* This can be used in any mapping to convert between the object and data types without requiring code
* placed in the object model. This extension of the Converter interface allows for the XMLMarshaller
* and XMLUnmarshaller to be passed into the conversion methods.
*
* @see Converter
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings.XMLDirectMapping XMLDirectMapping
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings.XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings.XMLCompositeObjectMapping XMLCompositeObjectMapping
* @see org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings.XMLCompositeCollectionMapping XMLCompositeCollectionMapping
*
*/
public interface XMLConverter extends Converter {
Object convertObjectValueToDataValue(Object objectValue, Session session, XMLMarshaller marshaller);
Object convertDataValueToObjectValue(Object dataValue, Session session, XMLUnmarshaller unmarshaller);
}