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package gov.samhsa.acs.common.tool;

import gov.samhsa.acs.common.tool.exception.DocumentXmlConverterException;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 * The Interface DocumentXmlConverter.
 */
public interface DocumentXmlConverter {

	/**
	 * Load XML document from string.
	 * 
	 * @param xmlString
	 *            the xml string
	 * @return the document
	 * @throws DocumentXmlConverterException
	 *             the document xml converter exception
	 */
	public abstract Document loadDocument(String xmlString)
			throws DocumentXmlConverterException;

	/**
	 * Convert XML document to string.
	 * 
	 * @param xmlDocument
	 *            the xml document
	 * @return the string
	 * @throws DocumentXmlConverterException
	 *             the document xml converter exception
	 */
	public abstract String convertXmlDocToString(Document xmlDocument)
			throws DocumentXmlConverterException;
}