/*
* File : Domable.java
* Created : 24-mar-2003 15:26
* By : fbusquets
*
* JClic - Authoring and playing system for educational activities
*
* Copyright (C) 2000 - 2005 Francesc Busquets & Departament
* d'Educacio de la Generalitat de Catalunya
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details (see the LICENSE file).
*/
package edu.xtec.util;
/**
* This interface applies to all classes that can serialize and de-serialize its data
* into a XML {@link org.jdom.Element} of type <a href="http://www.jdom.org">JDOM</a>.
* The <CODE>getJDomElement</CODE> method stores the current non-transient data into a
* JDOM element, and <CODE>setProperties</CODE> reads the data. <CODE>Domable</CODE> classes
* should implement also a static method that builds new objects from a provided Element.
* @author Francesc Busquets (fbusquets@xtec.cat)
* @version 1.0
*/
public interface Domable {
org.jdom.Element getJDomElement();
void setProperties(org.jdom.Element e, Object aux) throws Exception;
}