com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection
Class ExternalizableConverter

java.lang.Object
  extended bycom.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.ExternalizableConverter
All Implemented Interfaces:
Converter

public class ExternalizableConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements Converter

Converts any object that implements the java.io.Externalizable interface, allowing compatability with native Java serialization.

Author:
Joe Walnes

Constructor Summary
ExternalizableConverter(ClassMapper classMapper)
           
 
Method Summary
 boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)
          Called by XStream to determine whether to use this converter instance to 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

ExternalizableConverter

public ExternalizableConverter(ClassMapper classMapper)
Method Detail

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)
Description copied from interface: Converter
Called by XStream to determine whether to use this converter instance to marshall a particular type.

Specified by:
canConvert in interface Converter

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.
context -
Returns:
The resulting object.


Joe Walnes, http://xstream.codehaus.org/