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package it.bz.opendatahub.alpinebits.xml;
import java.io.OutputStream;
/**
* This interfaces defines methods for object-to-XML conversions.
*/
public interface ObjectToXmlConverter {
/**
* Try to convert objectToConvert to an XML and write
* that XML to the given {@link OutputStream}.
*
* @param objectToConvert this object will be converted to XML
* @param os an {@link OutputStream} where the converted XML
* will be written to
* @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if the underlying JAXBContext could not be created.
* @throws XmlConversionException if the conversion was not successful.
*/
void toXml(Object objectToConvert, OutputStream os);
}