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20 package org.apache.cayenne.xml;
21
22 /**
23  * Interface for Cayenne objects that can be saved to XML.
24  *
25  * @since 1.2
26  * @author Andrus Adamchik
27  */
28 public interface XMLSerializable {
29     /**
30      * Encodes itself as XML using the provided XMLEncoder.
31      *
32      * @param encoder The encoder object.
33      */
34     public void encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder);
35     
36     /**
37      * Decodes itself from XML using the provided XMLDecoder.
38      *
39      * @param decoder The decoder object.
40      */
41     public void decodeFromXML(XMLDecoder decoder);
42 }
43
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