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package org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facets.object.encodeable;
import org.apache.isis.applib.adapters.EncoderDecoder;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.adapter.ObjectAdapter;
import org.apache.isis.core.metamodel.facets.MultipleValueFacet;
/**
* Indicates that this class can be encoded/decoded as a string.
*/
public interface EncodableFacet extends MultipleValueFacet {
/**
* Equivalent to {@link EncoderDecoder#fromEncodedString(String)}, though
* may be implemented through some other equivalent mechanism.
*/
ObjectAdapter fromEncodedString(String encodedData);
/**
* Equivalent to {@link EncoderDecoder#toEncodedString(Object)}, though may
* be implemented through some other equivalent mechanism.
*/
String toEncodedString(ObjectAdapter object);
}