try {
                return toXml(configuration, evaluator);
            } catch (ExpressionEvaluationException e) {
                throw new ComponentConfigurationException("Unable to convert configuration to xml node", e);
            }
        }

        XmlNode toXml(PlexusConfiguration config, ExpressionEvaluator evaluator) throws ExpressionEvaluationException {

     * @return the xml string representation
     * @throws XmlWriterException if an error occurs during the transformation
     * @see #fromXmlString(String)
     */
    public static String toXml(@Nonnull PluginDescriptor content) throws XmlWriterException {
        return new DefaultPluginXmlFactory().toXmlString(content);
    }

     * @return the xml string representation
     * @throws XmlWriterException if an error occurs during the transformation
     * @see #fromXmlString(String)
     */
    public static String toXml(@Nonnull Model content) throws XmlWriterException {
        return new DefaultModelXmlFactory().toXmlString(content);
    }

     * @return the xml string representation
     * @throws XmlWriterException if an error occurs during the transformation
     * @see #fromXmlString(String)
     */
    public static String toXml(@Nonnull Model content) throws XmlWriterException {
        return new DefaultModelXmlFactory().toXmlString(content);
    }