All Implemented Interfaces:

ConverterMatcher, SingleValueConverter

public class JavaClassConverter
extends AbstractSingleValueConverter 

Author:

Aslak Hellesøy, Joe Walnes, Matthew Sandoz, Jörg Schaible

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Modifier	Constructor and Description
  	JavaClassConverter (java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader) Deprecated. As of 1.4.5 use JavaClassConverter(ClassLoaderReference)
  	JavaClassConverter (ClassLoaderReference classLoaderReference) Construct a JavaClassConverter.
  protected	JavaClassConverter (Mapper mapper) Construct a JavaClassConverter that uses a provided mapper.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  boolean	canConvert (java.lang.Class clazz) Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
  java.lang.Object	fromString (java.lang.String str) Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.
  java.lang.String	toString (java.lang.Object obj) Marshals an Object into a single value representation.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Constructor Detail

  • JavaClassConverter

    public JavaClassConverter(ClassLoaderReference classLoaderReference)

    Construct a JavaClassConverter.

    Parameters:

    classLoaderReference - the reference to the ClassLoader of the XStream instance

    Since:

    1.4.5

  • JavaClassConverter

    public JavaClassConverter(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)

    Deprecated. As of 1.4.5 use JavaClassConverter(ClassLoaderReference)

  • JavaClassConverter

    protected JavaClassConverter(Mapper mapper)

    Construct a JavaClassConverter that uses a provided mapper. Depending on the mapper chain it will not only be used to load classes, but also to support type aliases.

    Parameters:

    mapper - to use

    Since:

    1.4.5

• Method Detail

  • canConvert

    public boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class clazz)

    Description copied from interface: ConverterMatcher
    Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

    Specified by:

    canConvert in interface ConverterMatcher

    Specified by:

    canConvert in class AbstractSingleValueConverter

    Parameters:

    clazz - the Class representing the object type to be converted

  • toString

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

    Description copied from interface: SingleValueConverter
    Marshals an Object into a single value representation.

    Specified by:

    toString in interface SingleValueConverter

    Overrides:

    toString in class AbstractSingleValueConverter

    Parameters:

    obj - the Object to be converted

    Returns:

    a String with the single value of the Object or null

  • fromString

    public java.lang.Object fromString(java.lang.String str)

    Description copied from interface: SingleValueConverter
    Unmarshals an Object from its single value representation.

    Specified by:

    fromString in interface SingleValueConverter

    Specified by:

    fromString in class AbstractSingleValueConverter

    Parameters:

    str - the String with the single value of the Object

    Returns:

    the Object