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package org.jclouds.xml;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.jclouds.xml.internal.JAXBParser;

import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;

/**
 * Parses XML documents.
 * 
 * @author Ignasi Barrera
 */
@ImplementedBy(JAXBParser.class)
public interface XMLParser {
   /** The default xml header. */
   public static final String DEFAULT_XML_HEADER = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>";

   /**
    * Serialize the object into xml.
    */
   public String toXML(Object src) throws IOException;

   /**
    * Serialize the object into xml, as the declared type.
    */
   public <T> String toXML(Object src, Class<T> type) throws IOException;

   /**
    * Deserialize the object from xml.
    */
   public <T> T fromXML(String xml, Class<T> type) throws IOException;

}