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package org.pentaho.di.core.xml;
import org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleException;
/**
* Implementing classes of this interface know how to express themselves using XML They also can construct themselves
* using XML.
*
* @author Matt
* @since 29-jan-2004
*/
public interface XMLInterface {
/**
* Describes the Object implementing this interface as XML
*
* @return the XML string for this object
* @throws KettleException
* in case there is an encoding problem.
*/
public String getXML() throws KettleException;
}