/*

  wsmo4j extension - a Choreography API and Reference Implementation

  Copyright (c) 2005, University of Innsbruck, Austria

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under

  the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free

  Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)

  any later version.

  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT

  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS

  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more

  details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along

  with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,

  59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

  */

 package org.wsmo.service.choreography.io;

 import org.wsmo.service.choreography.Choreography;

 /**

  * Serializer interface for choreography objects

  * 

  * <pre>

  *      Created on Sep 29, 2005

  *      Committed by $Author: jamsci001 $

  *      $Source$

  * </pre>

  * 

  * @author James Scicluna

  * @author Thomas Haselwanter

  * 

  * @version $Revision: 1189 $ $Date: 2005-10-18 18:23:42 +0300 (Tue, 18 Oct 2005) $

  */

 public interface Serializer {

     /**

      * Serializes a choreography object

      * 

      * @param choreography

      *            object to be serialized

      * @return A String object defining the serialized

      * choreography

      */

     public String serialize(Choreography choreography);

 }