/**
   * make a form suitable to 1) reconstruct the original given access to starting conditions
   *
   * @param adder !null where to put the data
   */
  public void serializeAsString(IXMLAppender adder) {
    String[] algorithms = getScoringAlgorithms();

    String tag = TAG;
    adder.openTag(tag);
    adder.endTag();
    adder.cr();

    for (int i = 0; i < algorithms.length; i++) {
      String algorithm = algorithms[i];
      IScoredScan scoredScan = getScoredScan(algorithm);
      scoredScan.serializeAsString(adder);
    }
    adder.closeTag(tag);
  }