com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper
Class AttributeAliasingMapper

java.lang.Object
  com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper
      com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.AttributeAliasingMapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

Mapper

public class AttributeAliasingMapper
extends MapperWrapper

Mapper that allows aliasing of attribute names.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Jörg Schaible, Guilherme Silveira

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.Mapper

Mapper.ImplicitCollectionMapping, Mapper.Null

Constructor Summary

AttributeAliasingMapper(Mapper wrapped)

Method Summary

void	addAliasFor(Class definedIn, String fieldName, String alias) Adds an alias for a specific field.
void	addAliasFor(String attributeName, String alias)
String	aliasForAttribute(Class definedIn, String fieldName) Returns an alias for a single field defined in an specific type.
String	aliasForAttribute(String attribute) Get the alias for an attrbute's name.
String	attributeForAlias(Class definedIn, String alias) Returns the field name for an aliased attribute.
String	attributeForAlias(String alias) Get the attribut's name for an alias.

Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper

attributeForClassDefiningField, attributeForEnumType, attributeForImplementationClass, attributeForReadResolveField, defaultImplementationOf, getConverterFromAttribute, getConverterFromAttribute, getConverterFromItemType, getConverterFromItemType, getConverterFromItemType, getFieldNameForItemTypeAndName, getImplicitCollectionDefForFieldName, getItemTypeForItemFieldName, isImmutableValueType, lookupMapperOfType, realClass, realMember, serializedClass, serializedMember, shouldSerializeMember

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeAliasingMapper

public AttributeAliasingMapper(Mapper wrapped)

Method Detail

addAliasFor

public void addAliasFor(String attributeName,
                        String alias)

aliasForAttribute

public String aliasForAttribute(String attribute)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

Get the alias for an attrbute's name.

Specified by:

aliasForAttribute in interface Mapper

Overrides:

aliasForAttribute in class MapperWrapper

Parameters:

attribute - the attribute

Returns:

the alias

attributeForAlias

public String attributeForAlias(String alias)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

Get the attribut's name for an alias.

Specified by:

attributeForAlias in interface Mapper

Overrides:

attributeForAlias in class MapperWrapper

Parameters:

alias - the alias

Returns:

the attribute's name

aliasForAttribute

public String aliasForAttribute(Class definedIn,
                                String fieldName)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

Returns an alias for a single field defined in an specific type.

Specified by:

aliasForAttribute in interface Mapper

Overrides:

aliasForAttribute in class MapperWrapper

Parameters:

definedIn - the type where the field was defined

fieldName - the field name

Returns:

the alias for this field or its own name if no alias was defined since 1.2.2

attributeForAlias

public String attributeForAlias(Class definedIn,
                                String alias)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

Returns the field name for an aliased attribute.

Specified by:

attributeForAlias in interface Mapper

Overrides:

attributeForAlias in class MapperWrapper

Parameters:

definedIn - the type where the field was defined

alias - the alias

Returns:

the original attribute name since 1.2.2

addAliasFor

public void addAliasFor(Class definedIn,
                        String fieldName,
                        String alias)

Adds an alias for a specific field.

Parameters:

definedIn - the type where the field was defined

fieldName - the field name

alias - the alias to be used since 1.2.2