/*
* Copyright (C) 2007 SQL Explorer Development Team
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipsesql
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library 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
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.dataset;
import net.sourceforge.sqlexplorer.ExplorerException;
import org.dom4j.Element;
/**
* DataType that provides XML. Must be implemented by the database platform.
*
* @author John Spackman
*/
public interface XmlDataType extends DataType {
/**
* Returns the value as XML
* @return
* @throws ExplorerException
*/
public Element getRootElement() throws ExplorerException;
}