
package br.com.conductor.heimdall.middleware.spec;

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 * heimdall-middleware-spec
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/**
 * Provides methods to parse a xml to a JSON string with or without a provided java class structure.
 * 
 * @author Marcos Filho
 *
 */
public interface Xml {

	 /**
	  * Parses a xml to a JSON string.
	  * 
	  * @param object	XML
	  * @return			JSON string
	  */
     public <T> String parse(T object);

     /**
      * Parses a xml to a Class structure.
      * 
      * @param xml			XML
      * @param classType	Java class structure
      * @return				Java object
      */
     public <T> T parse(String xml, Class<?> classType);
}
