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1   /*
2    *  soapUI, copyright (C) 2004-2010 eviware.com 
3    *
4    *  soapUI is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the 
5    *  terms of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
6    *  the Free Software Foundation.
7    *
8    *  soapUI is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without 
9    *  even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
10   *  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details at gnu.org.
11   */
12  
13  package com.eviware.soapui.support.xml;
14  
15  import org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlObject;
16  
17  /***
18   * Marker interface for objects that can be saved/restored to/from an XmlObject
19   * 
20   * @author Ole.Matzura
21   */
22  
23  public interface XmlObjectPersistable
24  {
25  	/***
26  	 * Persisits this object to an XmlObject
27  	 * 
28  	 * @return the persisted XmlObject
29  	 */
30  
31  	public XmlObject save();
32  
33  	/***
34  	 * Restores this object from the specified XmlObject
35  	 * 
36  	 * @param xmlObject
37  	 *           the xmlObject to restore from
38  	 */
39  
40  	public void restore( XmlObject xmlObject );
41  }