Generic Persistence Interfaces
Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 defines a set of generic Component Object Model (COM) interfaces related to object persistence.
The following table lists the generic interfaces.
| Interface | Description |
| IPersistXML | Saves data to an XML-formatted string, and loads data from an XML-formatted string. |
| IPersistDictionary | Saves data to a Dictionary object, and loads data from a Dictionary object. |
| IPersistStreamInit | Saves data to a stream, and loads data from a stream. This is the form of persistence used in the ATL Pipeline Wizard. |