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package org.apache.geronimo.gshell.marshal;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Marshaller interface.
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface Marshaller<T>
{
    void marshal(T root, OutputStream output);

    void marshal(T root, Writer writer);

    String marshal(T root);

    void marshal(T root, File file) throws IOException;

    T unmarshal(InputStream input);

    T unmarshal(Reader reader);

    T unmarshal(String xml);

    T unmarshal(URL url) throws IOException;

    T unmarshal(File file) throws IOException;
}