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ObJectRelationalBridge (OJB) is an Object/Relational mapping tool that allows transparent persistence for Java Objects against relational databases.

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package org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata;

/* Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

/**
 * This interface must be implemented by classes that need to
 * be marshalled in XML form.
 * @author		Thomas Mahler
 */
public interface XmlCapable extends RepositoryElements
{
    /**
     * returns the XML marshalled version of this instance.
     * @return the XML String representing this object.
     */
	public String toXML();
}