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22 package org.onap.aaf.misc.env;
27 * <h1>Stringifier</h1>
28 * <i>Stringifier</i> abstracts the marshaling of a String to an Object
30 public interface Stringifier<T> extends LifeCycle {
33 * Marshal from a String to an Object T, using contents from Env as necessary.<p>
35 * Implementations should use the {@link Env} to call "env.startXMLTime()" to mark
36 * XML time, since this is often a costly process.
41 * @throws APIException
43 public abstract String stringify(Env env, T input, boolean ... options) throws APIException;