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package nextapp.echo.app.serial;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
/**
* Contextual information provided during property
* serialization/de-serialization operations.
*/
public interface SerialContext {
public static final int FLAG_RENDER_SHORT_NAMES = 0x1;
/**
* Returns the DOM Document to/from which the property is
* being (de)serialized.
*
* @return the DOM Document
*/
public Document getDocument();
/**
* Returns flags used to alter rendering and parsing behavior.
*
* @return the flags
*/
public int getFlags();
/**
* Returns the ClassLoader from which new should
* be instantiated or introspected.
*
* @return the ClassLoader
*/
public ClassLoader getClassLoader();
}