com.marringtons.database
Class ObjectXML

java.lang.Object
  com.marringtons.database.ObjectXML

public class ObjectXML

extends Object

Helper class for working with XML/object conversion. Has 2 static public methods for converting POJOs to and from XML.

   String xml = ObjectXML.toXML( object);
   to = (ObjectToTest) ObjectXML.fromXML( new StringReader( xml));
 

Objects are recorded in XML in the following format:

 <com.marringtons.database.ObjectsTest$ObjectToTest>
   <aString>a string</aString>
   <anInteger>19582003</anInteger>
   <innerObject>
     <anotherString>inner string</anotherString>
     <anotherInteger>12345678</anotherInteger>
     <anotherLongInteger>-9223372036854775808</anotherLongInteger>
   </innerObject>
   <longInteger>9223372036854775807</longInteger>
   <aMap>
     <java.lang.String>1of2</java.lang.String>
     <java.lang.String>one</java.lang.String>
     <java.lang.String>2of2</java.lang.String>
     <com.marringtons.database.ObjectsTest$InnerObject>
       <anotherString>innerObject in map</anotherString>
       <anotherInteger>222</anotherInteger>
       <anotherLongInteger>22222222</anotherLongInteger>
     </com.marringtons.database.ObjectsTest$InnerObject>
   </aMap>
   <aCollection>
     <java.lang.String>1of3</java.lang.String>
     <java.lang.String>2of3</java.lang.String>
     <java.lang.String>3of3</java.lang.String>
   </aCollection>
   <bytes length='4'>0,1,2,3</bytes>
   <innerObjects length='2'>
     <com.marringtons.database.ObjectsTest$InnerObject>
       <anotherString>1of2</anotherString>
       <anotherInteger>102</anotherInteger>
       <anotherLongInteger>11111111</anotherLongInteger>
     </com.marringtons.database.ObjectsTest$InnerObject>
     <com.marringtons.database.ObjectsTest$InnerObject>
       <anotherString>2of2</anotherString>
       <anotherInteger>202</anotherInteger>
       <anotherLongInteger>22222222</anotherLongInteger>
     </com.marringtons.database.ObjectsTest$InnerObject>
   </innerObjects>
 </com.marringtons.database.ObjectsTest$ObjectToTest>
 

Author:

Paul Marrington

Constructor Summary

ObjectXML()

Method Summary

static Object	fromXML(Reader xml) Convert an XML stream into a POJO - using a static class directory for the purpose.
static String	toXML(Object object) Convert a POJO to an XML representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectXML

public ObjectXML()

Method Detail

toXML

public static String toXML(Object object)
                    throws IllegalArgumentException,
                           IllegalAccessException,
                           IOException

Convert a POJO to an XML representation. It uses a private common class directory not associated with any database.

Parameters:

object - POJO to create an XML representation from.

Returns:

string representation of the object as XML

Throws:

IOException

IllegalAccessException

IllegalArgumentException

fromXML

public static Object fromXML(Reader xml)
                      throws XMLexception

Convert an XML stream into a POJO - using a static class directory for the purpose.

Parameters:

xml - stream of object representations in XML

Returns:

One object converted from the stream.

Throws:

XMLexception - if anything goes wrong.