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+package org.openslx.libvirt.xml;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
+
+/**
+ * Serializability of a Libvirt XML document from/to a XML file.
+ * 
+ * @author Manuel Bentele
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+public abstract interface LibvirtXmlSerializable
+{
+	/**
+	 * Serialize Libvirt XML document from {@link String}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param xml {@link String} containing XML content.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException serialization of Libvirt XML document failed.
+	 */
+	public void fromXml( String xml ) throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Serialize Libvirt XML document from {@link File}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param xml {@link File} containing XML content.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException serialization of Libvirt XML document failed.
+	 */
+	public void fromXml( File xml ) throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Serialize Libvirt XML document from {@link InputStream}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param xml {@link InputStream} providing XML content.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException serialization of Libvirt XML document failed.
+	 */
+	void fromXml( InputStream xml ) throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Serialize Libvirt XML document from {@link InputSource}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param xml {@link InputSource} providing XML content.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException serialization of Libvirt XML document failed.
+	 */
+	public void fromXml( InputSource xml ) throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Serialize Libvirt XML document to {@link String}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return XML {@link String} containing Libvirt XML document content.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException serialization of Libvirt XML document failed.
+	 */
+	public String toXml() throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Serialize Libvirt XML document to {@link File}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param xml XML {@link File} containing Libvirt XML document content.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException serialization of Libvirt XML document failed.
+	 */
+	public void toXml( File xml ) throws LibvirtXmlSerializationException;
+}