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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * ============LICENSE_START====================================================
+ * * org.onap.aaf
+ * * ===========================================================================
+ * * Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * * ===========================================================================
+ * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * * 
+ *  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * * 
+ *  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * * limitations under the License.
+ * * ============LICENSE_END====================================================
+ * *
+ * * ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ * *
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package org.onap.aaf.inno.env.old;
+
+import org.onap.aaf.inno.env.APIException;
+import org.onap.aaf.inno.env.Env;
+import org.onap.aaf.inno.env.LifeCycle;
+
+
+/**
+ * <h1>Stringifier</h1>
+ * <i>Stringifier</i> abstracts the marshaling of a String to an Object
+ */
+public interface Stringifier<T> extends LifeCycle {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Marshal from a String to an Object T, using contents from Env as necessary.<p>
+	 * 
+	 * Implementations should use the {@link Env} to call "env.startXMLTime()" to mark
+	 * XML time, since this is often a costly process.
+	 *
+	 * @param env
+	 * @param input
+	 * @return String
+	 * @throws APIException
+	 */
+	public abstract String stringify(Env env, T input, boolean ... options) throws APIException;
+	
+}