An event source can convert XML-formatted events from other applications.
In addition to creating new events, an event source might convert events received from other applications in XML format. Similarly, an event consumer might convert events to XML format for forwarding to another application. The org.eclipse.hyades.logging.events.cbe.EventFormatter class provides methods you can use to convert between CommonBaseEvent instances and XML.
Using EventFormatter, you can convert an instance of CommonBaseEvent into a string containing either an XML document or an XML fragment. Similarly, you can convert from an XML document or fragment into an instance of CommonBaseEvent.
For more information about EventFormatter, refer to the Javadoc documentation in the org.eclipse.hyades.logging.events.cbe package.