1 /*
2 wsmo4j extension - a Choreography API and Reference Implementation
3
4 Copyright (c) 2005, University of Innsbruck, Austria
5
6 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
7 the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
8 Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
10 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
11 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
12 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
13 details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
15 with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
16 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17 */
18
19 package org.wsmo.service.choreography.io;
20
21 import org.wsmo.service.choreography.Choreography;
22
23 /**
24 * Serializer interface for choreography objects
25 *
26 * <pre>
27 * Created on Sep 29, 2005
28 * Committed by $Author: jamsci001 $
29 * $Source$
30 * </pre>
31 *
32 * @author James Scicluna
33 * @author Thomas Haselwanter
34 *
35 * @version $Revision: 1189 $ $Date: 2005-10-18 18:23:42 +0300 (Tue, 18 Oct 2005) $
36 */
37 public interface Serializer {
38
39 /**
40 * Serializes a choreography object
41 *
42 * @param choreography
43 * object to be serialized
44 * @return A String object defining the serialized
45 * choreography
46 */
47 public String serialize(Choreography choreography);
48
49 }