XmlEntity (evo.search 0.0.1 API)

Type Parameters:

T - return type of the parsed Element

All Known Implementing Classes:

Configuration, DiscreteChromosome, DiscreteGene, IndexEntry, Project, Workspace
```
public interface XmlEntity<T>
```
Entity interface for objects which can be parsed from and converted to xml.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`T`	`parse(org.dom4j.Element element)`	Parse a `Element` and return the entity.
`org.dom4j.Element`	`serialize()`	Serialize the entity into a `Element`.

- Method Detail
  - serialize
```
org.dom4j.Element serialize()
```
    Serialize the entity into a Element.
    
    Returns:
    
    serialized document
  - parse
```
T parse(org.dom4j.Element element)
```
    Parse a Element and return the entity.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - element to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    parsed entity