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package org.apache.axis2.databinding;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;

import org.apache.axiom.om.OMElement;
import org.apache.axiom.om.OMFactory;

/**
 * Interface implemented by all ADB helpers. Helpers are generated by ADB when helper mode
 * is enabled. They contain the parsing and serialization logic.
 *
 * @param <T> the bean class that this helper is able to process
 */
public interface ADBHelper<T> {
    Class<T> getBeanClass();
    
    OMElement getOMElement(T bean, QName parentQName, OMFactory factory) throws ADBException;

    void serialize(T bean, QName parentQName, XMLStreamWriter xmlWriter) throws XMLStreamException;

    T parse(XMLStreamReader reader) throws Exception;
}
