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package org.activebpel.rt.bpel.impl.endpoints;

import org.activebpel.wsio.IAeWebServiceEndpointReference;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/**
 * Responsible for serializing an endpoint reference to a document fragment. This
 * is used when we're copying endpoint references in an assign's copy operation. 
 */
public interface IAeEndpointSerializer
{
   /**
    * Serializes the endpoint reference to a document fragment.
    * @param aReference
    */
   public Document serializeEndpoint(IAeWebServiceEndpointReference aReference);
}
