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package org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent;

/**
 * An interface allowing to transfer an object to "XContent" using an
 * {@link XContentBuilder}. The difference between {@link ToXContentFragment}
 * and {@link ToXContentObject} is that the former outputs a fragment that
 * requires to start and end a new anonymous object externally, while the latter
 * guarantees that what gets printed out is fully valid syntax without any
 * external addition.
 */
public interface ToXContentObject extends ToXContent {

    @Override
    default boolean isFragment() {
        return false;
    }
}
