<?php
/* $Id$ */
namespace Mammut\DB\Model;

(defined('MAMMUT') && (basename(__FILE__) != basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']))) or die('ACCESS DENIED');

/**
 * Model with XML helper methods
 *
 * @author Stefan Daurer <s.daurer@q-spot.org>
 * @package Mammut\DB\Model
 */
interface XMLModel {

	/**
	 * Creates a model from an XML string
	 *
	 * @param string $data
	 *        	the XML data
	 * @return TableInfo|ViewInfo|array the generated object(s)
	 */
	public static function fromXML($data);
	
	/**
	 * Creates the table XML representation of the element
	 *
	 * @return string an XML string
	 */
	public function toXML();

}