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package org.datayoo.moql.xml;

import org.dom4j.Element;

/**
 * @author Tang Tadin
 */
public interface XmlElementFormater {
    
    boolean canImport(Element element);
    
    String[] getSupportElementNames();
    /**
     * import an object from a xml element
     * @param element the xml format of the object
     * @return an object
     */
    T importObjectFromElement(Element element) throws XmlAccessException;
    /**
     * export an object to a xml element
     * @param element 
     */
    Element exportObjectToElement(Element element, T object) throws XmlAccessException;
}