com.topologi.diffx.xml
Class XMLSerializer

java.lang.Object
  com.topologi.diffx.xml.XMLSerializer

public final class XMLSerializer
extends Object

This class provides methods to serialize objects to XML.

There is no mechanism to prevent infinite loops if some objects (lists,...) reference themselves.

The underlying XML document is generated using an XML string buffer.

Version:

7 March 2005

Author:

Christophe Lauret

Constructor Summary

XMLSerializer(XMLWriter xml)
Creates a new XML serializer using the specified XML writer.

Method Summary

XMLWriter	getXML() Returns the underlying XML document.
void	serialize(Object o, String name) Serialises the given object using the given name as element name.
void	serializeCollection(Collection<?> c) Serialises the given Collection to xml.
void	serializeHashtable(Hashtable<?,?> h) Serialise the given Hashtable to xml.
void	serializeObject(Object o) Serialises the given object to xml by using the public methods getXXX().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLSerializer

public XMLSerializer(XMLWriter xml)

Creates a new XML serializer using the specified XML writer.

Parameters:

xml - The XML string buffer to be used

Method Detail

getXML

public XMLWriter getXML()

Returns the underlying XML document.

Returns:

the xml stringbuffer

serialize

public void serialize(Object o,
                      String name)
               throws IOException

Serialises the given object using the given name as element name.

This implementation is recursive. It calls itself for fields which are not of primitive type.

Parameters:

o - Object to be serialised as xml

name - Name of object

Throws:

IOException - Should an I/O error occur.

serializeCollection

public void serializeCollection(Collection<?> c)
                         throws IOException

Serialises the given Collection to xml.

Iterates over every object and call the serialize(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String) method.

Parameters:

c - The Collection to be serialised to XML

Throws:

IOException - Should an I/O error occur.

serializeHashtable

public void serializeHashtable(Hashtable<?,?> h)
                        throws IOException

Serialise the given Hashtable to xml.

This methods only works if the Hashtable contains String objects.

Parameters:

h - The hashtable to be serialized to XML

Throws:

IOException - Should an I/O error occur.

serializeObject

public void serializeObject(Object o)
                     throws IOException

Serialises the given object to xml by using the public methods getXXX().

This method calls every getXXX() method from the object to get the returned object and then calls the serialize(Object, String) method with the returned object and the name xxx in lower case.

Parameters:

o - The object to be serialised as XML

Throws:

IOException - Should an I/O error occur.