1 /** 2 * JOnAS: Java(TM) Open Application Server 3 * Copyright (C) 1999 Bull S.A. 4 * Contact: jonas-team@objectweb.org 5 * 6 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 7 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 8 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 9 * version 2.1 of the License, or 1any later version. 10 * 11 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 14 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 15 * 16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 17 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 18 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 19 * USA 20 * 21 * Initial developer: Florent BENOIT 22 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 * $Id: Element.java,v 1.2 2004/05/10 12:04:39 sauthieg Exp $ 24 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 */ 26 27 package org.objectweb.jonas_lib.deployment.xml; 28 29 import java.io.Serializable; 30 31 /** 32 * This class defines the interface that all Element objects must use. 33 * These elements are used by Digester during the xml parsing 34 * @author Florent Benoit 35 */ 36 public interface Element extends Serializable { 37 38 39 /** 40 * Represents this element by it's XML description 41 * @param indent use this indent for prexifing XML representation 42 * @return the XML description of this object 43 */ 44 String toXML(int indent); 45 46 47 /** 48 * Represents this element by it's XML description 49 * Use a default indent set to 0 50 * @return the XML description of this object 51 */ 52 String toXML(); 53 54 } 55