org.simpleframework.xml.stream.Style Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/*
* Style.java July 2008
*
* Copyright (C) 2008, Niall Gallagher
*
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*
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*
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*/
package org.simpleframework.xml.stream;
/**
* The Style interface is used to represent an XML style
* that can be applied to a serialized object. A style can be used to
* modify the element and attribute names for the generated document.
* Styles can be used to generate hyphenated or camel case XML.
*
*
* <example-element>
* <child-element example-attribute='example'>
* <inner-element>example</inner-element>
* </child-element>
* </example-element>
*
*
* Above the hyphenated XML elements and attributes can be generated
* from a style implementation. Styles enable the same objects to be
* serialized in different ways, generating different styles of XML
* without having to modify the class schema for that object.
*
* @author Niall Gallagher
*/
public interface Style {
/**
* This is used to generate the XML element representation of
* the specified name. Element names should ensure to keep the
* uniqueness of the name such that two different names will
* be styled in to two different strings.
*
* @param name this is the element name that is to be styled
*
* @return this returns the styled name of the XML element
*/
public String getElement(String name);
/**
* This is used to generate the XML attribute representation of
* the specified name. Attribute names should ensure to keep the
* uniqueness of the name such that two different names will
* be styled in to two different strings.
*
* @param name this is the attribute name that is to be styled
*
* @return this returns the styled name of the XML attribute
*/
public String getAttribute(String name);
}