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package org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent;
/**
* An interface allowing to transfer an object to "XContent" using an {@link XContentBuilder}.
* The difference between {@link ToXContent} and {@link ToXContentObject} is that the former may output a fragment that
* requires to start and end a new anonymous object externally, while the latter guarantees that what gets printed
* out is fully valid syntax without any external addition.
*/
public interface ToXContentObject extends ToXContent {
@Override
default boolean isFragment() {
return false;
}
}