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25 package org.onap.aaf.misc.env;
30 * <h1>Objectifier</h1>
31 * <i>Objectifier</i> abstracts the unmarshaling of an Object from a String, and
32 * the creation of an uninitialized object.
34 public interface Objectifier<T> extends LifeCycle {
36 * Marshal to Object T from a String, using contents from Env as necessary.<p>
38 * Implementations should use the {@link Env} to call "env.startXMLTime()" to mark
39 * XML time, since this is often a costly process.
44 * @throws APIException
46 public abstract T objectify(Env env, String input) throws APIException;
49 * Create a new object of type T. This is often more efficiently done with
50 * the underlying XML (or other) Library.
52 * @throws APIException
54 public abstract T newInstance() throws APIException;