uk.co.lakesidetech.springxmldb.processor
Class XStreamObjectToXMLProcessor

java.lang.Object
  uk.co.lakesidetech.springxmldb.processor.XStreamObjectToXMLProcessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

IObjectToXMLProcessor

public class XStreamObjectToXMLProcessor

extends java.lang.Object

implements IObjectToXMLProcessor

The XStreamObjectToXMLProcessor uses xstream to convert objects to and from XML. The processor allows aliases of classnames to short names in the configuration to improve the readability of the xml.

Author:

Stuart Eccles

Constructor Summary

XStreamObjectToXMLProcessor()

Method Summary

protected void	addAliases(com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream xstream) adds the aliases configured for this processor to the xsteam configuration to use in the transformation
org.w3c.dom.Document	processToXMLDOM(java.lang.Object obj) Convert a Object to an XML W3C DOM Document representation
java.lang.String	processToXMLString(java.lang.Object obj) Convert a Object to an XML String representation
java.lang.Object	processXMLToObject(org.w3c.dom.Document xml) Process a W3C DOM representation of an XML document to a Java Object.
java.lang.Object	processXMLToObject(java.lang.String xml) Process a String representation of an XML document to a Java Object.
void	setAliases(java.util.Map aliases)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XStreamObjectToXMLProcessor

public XStreamObjectToXMLProcessor()

Method Detail

setAliases

public void setAliases(java.util.Map aliases)

Parameters:

aliases - The aliases to set.

processToXMLString

public java.lang.String processToXMLString(java.lang.Object obj)

Description copied from interface: IObjectToXMLProcessor

Convert a Object to an XML String representation

Specified by:

processToXMLString in interface IObjectToXMLProcessor

Parameters:

obj -

Returns:

See Also:

IObjectToXMLProcessor.processToXMLString(java.lang.Object)

processToXMLDOM

public org.w3c.dom.Document processToXMLDOM(java.lang.Object obj)

Description copied from interface: IObjectToXMLProcessor

Convert a Object to an XML W3C DOM Document representation

Specified by:

processToXMLDOM in interface IObjectToXMLProcessor

Parameters:

obj -

Returns:

See Also:

IObjectToXMLProcessor.processToXMLDOM(java.lang.Object)

processXMLToObject

public java.lang.Object processXMLToObject(java.lang.String xml)

Description copied from interface: IObjectToXMLProcessor

Process a String representation of an XML document to a Java Object.

Specified by:

processXMLToObject in interface IObjectToXMLProcessor

Parameters:

xml -

Returns:

See Also:

IObjectToXMLProcessor.processXMLToObject(java.lang.String)

processXMLToObject

public java.lang.Object processXMLToObject(org.w3c.dom.Document xml)

Description copied from interface: IObjectToXMLProcessor

Process a W3C DOM representation of an XML document to a Java Object.

Specified by:

processXMLToObject in interface IObjectToXMLProcessor

Parameters:

xml -

Returns:

See Also:

IObjectToXMLProcessor.processXMLToObject(org.w3c.dom.Document)

addAliases

protected void addAliases(com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream xstream)

adds the aliases configured for this processor to the xsteam configuration to use in the transformation

Parameters:

xstream - the XStream object