com.vmware.vapi.saml

Interface XmlPresentable

All Known Subinterfaces:

SamlToken, ValidatableSamlToken, ValidatableSamlTokenEx

public interface XmlPresentable

Indicates that an object that can be presented as XML

The schema of the XML representation is up to implementation.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Node	importTo(Document hostDocument) Creates a copy of the XML representation of the object, imported into the given document.
String	toXml()

Method Detail

toXml

String toXml()

Returns:

object presented as a valid XML document string, not null

The XML document will not have a <?xml declaration.

importTo

Node importTo(Document hostDocument)

Creates a copy of the XML representation of the object, imported into the given document.

This method allows the implementations to restore XML metadata which is lost when a node is imported in other document or serialized to string.

Parameters:

hostDocument - required

Returns:

the cloned node, owned by the given document, not null