/*
* Copyright (C) 2000 - 2010 TagServlet Ltd
*
* This file is part of Open BlueDragon (OpenBD) CFML Server Engine.
*
* OpenBD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* Free Software Foundation,version 3.
*
* OpenBD 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 General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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*
* Additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7
*
* If you modify this Program, or any covered work, by linking or combining
* it with any of the JARS listed in the README.txt (or a modified version of
* (that library), containing parts covered by the terms of that JAR, the
* licensors of this Program grant you additional permission to convey the
* resulting work.
* README.txt @ http://www.openbluedragon.org/license/README.txt
*
* http://www.openbluedragon.org/
*/
package com.naryx.tagfusion.cfm.xml.ws.encoding.ser;
/**
* Interface for Axis Enum types to implement to avoid reflection.
*/
public interface IEnum
{
/**
* Returns an instance of this JavaEnum from the String representation.
*
* @param val String representation
* @return instance of this JavaEnum from the String representation.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
*/
public IEnum enumFromString(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Returns the value of this IEnum as an Object.
*
* @return value of this IEnum as an Object.
*/
public Object getValueAsObject();
}