com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections
Class ArrayConverter

java.lang.Object
  extended bycom.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter
      extended bycom.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.ArrayConverter
All Implemented Interfaces:
Converter

public class ArrayConverter
extends AbstractCollectionConverter

Converts an array of objects or primitives to XML, using a nested child element for each item.

Author:
Joe Walnes

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter
classAttributeIdentifier, classMapper
 
Constructor Summary
ArrayConverter(ClassMapper classMapper, java.lang.String classAttributeIdentifier)
           
 
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 com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter
createCollection, readItem, writeItem
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ArrayConverter

public ArrayConverter(ClassMapper classMapper,
                      java.lang.String classAttributeIdentifier)
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
Specified by:
canConvert in class AbstractCollectionConverter

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
Specified by:
marshal in class AbstractCollectionConverter

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
Specified by:
unmarshal in class AbstractCollectionConverter


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