1 /** 2 * Copyright (c) 2008, SnakeYAML 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except 5 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 6 * 7 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 8 * 9 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License 10 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express 11 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 12 * the License. 13 */ 14 package org.yaml.snakeyaml.representer; 15 16 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.Node; 17 18 /** 19 * Create a Node Graph out of the provided Native Data Structure (Java instance). 20 * 21 * @see <a href="http://yaml.org/spec/1.1/#id859109">Chapter 3. Processing YAML Information</a> 22 */ 23 public interface Represent { 24 25 /** 26 * Create a Node 27 * 28 * @param data the instance to represent 29 * @return Node to dump 30 */ representData(Object data)31 Node representData(Object data); 32 } 33