All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter, ConverterMatcher

public class JavaFieldConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements Converter 

Author:

Jörg Schaible

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Modifier	Constructor and Description
  	JavaFieldConverter (java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader) Deprecated. As of 1.4.5 use JavaFieldConverter(ClassLoaderReference)
  	JavaFieldConverter (ClassLoaderReference classLoaderReference) Construct a JavaFieldConverter.
  protected	JavaFieldConverter (SingleValueConverter javaClassConverter, Mapper mapper) Construct a JavaFieldConverter.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  boolean	canConvert (java.lang.Class type) Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
  void	marshal (java.lang.Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context) Convert an object to textual data.
  java.lang.Object	unmarshal (HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context) Convert textual data back into an object.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Constructor Detail

  • JavaFieldConverter

    public JavaFieldConverter(ClassLoaderReference classLoaderReference)

    Construct a JavaFieldConverter.

    Parameters:

    classLoaderReference - the reference to the ClassLoader of the XStream instance

    Since:

    1.4.5

  • JavaFieldConverter

    public JavaFieldConverter(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)

    Deprecated. As of 1.4.5 use JavaFieldConverter(ClassLoaderReference)

  • JavaFieldConverter

    protected JavaFieldConverter(SingleValueConverter javaClassConverter,
     Mapper mapper)

    Construct a JavaFieldConverter. Depending on the mapper chain the converter will also respect aliases.

    Parameters:

    javaClassConverter - the converter to use

    mapper - to use

    Since:

    1.4.5

• Method Detail

  • canConvert

    public boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)

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

    Specified by:

    canConvert in interface ConverterMatcher

    Parameters:

    type - the Class representing the object type to be converted

  • marshal

    public void marshal(java.lang.Object source,
     HierarchicalStreamWriter writer,
     MarshallingContext context)

    Description copied from interface: Converter
    Convert an object to textual data.

    Specified by:

    marshal in interface Converter

    Parameters:

    source - The object to be marshalled.

    writer - A stream to write to.

    context - A context that allows nested objects to be processed by XStream.

  • unmarshal

    public java.lang.Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
     UnmarshallingContext context)

    Description copied from interface: Converter
    Convert textual data back into an object.

    Specified by:

    unmarshal in interface Converter

    Parameters:

    reader - The stream to read the text from.

    Returns:

    The resulting object.