1 /*
2 * soapUI, copyright (C) 2004-2007 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 the xmlObject to restore from
37 */
38
39 public void restore( XmlObject xmlObject );
40 }