Package net.solarnetwork.codec

Class JavaBeanXmlSerializer

java.lang.Object

net.solarnetwork.codec.JavaBeanXmlSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertySerializer

public class JavaBeanXmlSerializer
extends Object
implements PropertySerializer

PropertySerializer that serializes JavaBean objects into XML strings.

This class can also be used in a stand-alone manner, calling the public methods exposed for generating XML from JavaBean objects.

The configurable properties of this class are:

propertySerializerRegistrar

An optional registrar of PropertySerializer instances that can be used to serialize specific objects into String values. This can be useful for formatting Date objects into strings, for example.

Version:

2.0

Author:

matt

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
JavaBeanXmlSerializer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Map<String,Object>	parseXml(InputStream in)	Parse XML into a simple Map structure.
void	renderBean(Object bean, OutputStream out)	Render a JavaBean object as XML serialized to a given OutputStream.
void	renderMap(Map<String,?> model, OutputStream out)	Render a Map as XML serialized to a given OutputStream.
Object	serialize(Object data, String propertyName, Object propertyValue)	Serialize a property value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

JavaBeanXmlSerializer

public JavaBeanXmlSerializer()

Method Details

serialize

public Object serialize(Object data,
 String propertyName,
 Object propertyValue)

Description copied from interface: PropertySerializer

Serialize a property value.

The data and propertyName parameters might not be used by different implementations, but allow for a single implementation to serialize more than one property of an object in different ways, if desired.

Specified by:

serialize in interface PropertySerializer

Parameters:

data - the source data being serialized, i.e. a JavaBean

propertyName - the name of the property being serialized

propertyValue - the value of the property to serialize

Returns:

the serialized value of the property

renderBean

public void renderBean(Object bean,
 OutputStream out)

Render a JavaBean object as XML serialized to a given OutputStream.

Parameters:

bean - the object to serialize as XML

out - the OutputStream to write the XML to

renderMap

public void renderMap(Map<String,?> model,
 OutputStream out)

Render a Map as XML serialized to a given OutputStream.

Parameters:

model - the data to serialize as XML

out - the OutputStream to write the XML to

parseXml

public Map<String,Object> parseXml(InputStream in)

Parse XML into a simple Map structure.

Parameters:

in - the input stream to parse

Returns:

a Map of the XML