001    package org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata;
002    
003    /* Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
004     *
005     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     *
009     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010     *
011     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015     * limitations under the License.
016     */
017    
018    /**
019     * This interface must be implemented by classes that need to
020     * be marshalled in XML form.
021     * @author              Thomas Mahler
022     */
023    public interface XmlCapable extends RepositoryElements
024    {
025        /**
026         * returns the XML marshalled version of this instance.
027         * @return the XML String representing this object.
028         */
029            public String toXML();
030    }