de.timroes.axmlrpc.serializer

Class SerializerHandler

java.lang.Object

de.timroes.axmlrpc.serializer.SerializerHandler

public class SerializerHandler
extends java.lang.Object

The serializer handler serializes and deserialized objects. It takes an object, determine its type and let the responsible handler serialize it. For deserialization it looks at the xml tag around the element. The class is designed as a kind of singleton, so it can be accessed from anywhere in the library.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	TYPE_ARRAY
static java.lang.String	TYPE_BASE64
static java.lang.String	TYPE_BOOLEAN
static java.lang.String	TYPE_DATETIME
static java.lang.String	TYPE_DOUBLE
static java.lang.String	TYPE_INT
static java.lang.String	TYPE_INT2
static java.lang.String	TYPE_LONG
static java.lang.String	TYPE_NULL
static java.lang.String	TYPE_STRING
static java.lang.String	TYPE_STRUCT

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	deserialize(org.w3c.dom.Element element) Deserializes an incoming xml element to an java object.
static SerializerHandler	getDefault() Return the instance of the SerializerHandler.
static void	initialize(int flags) Initialize the serialization handler.
XmlElement	serialize(java.lang.Object object) Serialize an object to its representation as an xml element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TYPE_STRING

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_STRING

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TYPE_BOOLEAN

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_BOOLEAN

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TYPE_INT

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_INT

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TYPE_INT2

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_INT2

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TYPE_LONG

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_LONG

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TYPE_DOUBLE

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_DOUBLE

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TYPE_DATETIME

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_DATETIME

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TYPE_STRUCT

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_STRUCT

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TYPE_ARRAY

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_ARRAY

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TYPE_BASE64

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_BASE64

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TYPE_NULL

public static final java.lang.String TYPE_NULL

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Method Detail

initialize

public static void initialize(int flags)

Initialize the serialization handler. This method must be called before the get method returns any object.

Parameters:

flags - The flags that has been set in the XMLRPCClient.

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XMLRPCClient

getDefault

public static SerializerHandler getDefault()

Return the instance of the SerializerHandler. It must have been initialized with initialize() before.

Returns:

The instance of the SerializerHandler.

deserialize

public java.lang.Object deserialize(org.w3c.dom.Element element)
                             throws XMLRPCException

Deserializes an incoming xml element to an java object. The xml element must be the value element around the type element. The type of the returning object depends on the type tag.

Parameters:

element - An type element from within a value tag.

Returns:

The deserialized object.

Throws:

XMLRPCException - Will be thrown whenever an error occurs.

serialize

public XmlElement serialize(java.lang.Object object)
                     throws XMLRPCException

Serialize an object to its representation as an xml element. The xml element will be the type element for the use within a value tag.

Parameters:

object - The object that should be serialized.

Returns:

The xml representation of this object.

Throws:

XMLRPCException - Will be thrown, if an error occurs (e.g. the object cannot be serialized to an xml element.