using System;

/// <header>
/// <wox>
///     <version>1.0</version>
///     <author>Carlos R. Jaimez Gonzalez</author>
///     <author>Simon M. Lucas</author>
///     <site>http://woxserializer.sourceforge.net/</site>
/// </wox>
/// <wox>
///     <version>1.5</version>
///     <author>Steven M Lewis</author>
/// </wox>
/// <wox>
///     <version>2.0</version>
///     <author>George A Smith</author>
///     <svn>http://woxserializer.sourceforge.net/</svn>
///     <note>XML form for vs 2 is more compact and therefor incompatible with vs 1</note>
/// </wox>
/// </header>

namespace woxTests
{
    internal interface ISimpleNamespace
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Serialize an object to a String - deserialize should return an equivalent object
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inp">non-null object to serialize</param>
        /// <returns>non-null String - null is ok if inp is null</returns>
        String Serialize( Object inp );

        /// <summary>
        /// Deserialize an object from  a String -  serialize should generate the string
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inp">non-null String to parse</param>
        /// <returns>non-null Object - null is ok if inp is null</returns>
        Object Deserialize( String inp );
    }
}