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016
017package org.springframework.oxm;
018
019import java.io.IOException;
020import javax.xml.transform.Source;
021
022/**
023 * Defines the contract for Object XML Mapping unmarshallers. Implementations of this
024 * interface can deserialize a given XML Stream to an Object graph.
025 *
026 * @author Arjen Poutsma
027 * @since 3.0
028 * @see Marshaller
029 */
030public interface Unmarshaller {
031
032        /**
033         * Indicate whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.
034         * @param clazz the class that this unmarshaller is being asked if it can marshal
035         * @return {@code true} if this unmarshaller can indeed unmarshal to the supplied class;
036         * {@code false} otherwise
037         */
038        boolean supports(Class<?> clazz);
039
040        /**
041         * Unmarshal the given {@link Source} into an object graph.
042         * @param source the source to marshal from
043         * @return the object graph
044         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
045         * @throws XmlMappingException if the given source cannot be mapped to an object
046         */
047        Object unmarshal(Source source) throws IOException, XmlMappingException;
048
049}