com.ail.core.xmlbinding
Interface XMLBinding

All Known Implementing Classes:

Core

public interface XMLBinding

This interface describes the contract between the Core class and the XML binding framework.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Method Summary

<T> T	fromXML(java.lang.Class<T> clazz, XMLString xml) Convert an XMLString into an object of the Type that it represents.
XMLString	toXML(java.lang.Object type) Convert a type into its XML representation.

Method Detail

fromXML

<T> T fromXML(java.lang.Class<T> clazz,
              XMLString xml)
          throws XMLException

Convert an XMLString into an object of the Type that it represents.

Parameters:

clazz - The class represented by the xml argument.

xml - The XML representation of the object to be unmarshalled.

Returns:

An instance of clazz representing xml

Throws:

XMLException - If there is a problem parsing the XML

VersionException - If the request version is not defined.

toXML

XMLString toXML(java.lang.Object type)

Convert a type into its XML representation.

Parameters:

type - The object to be marshalled

Throws:

VersionException - If the requested version either is not defined.