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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;
}