com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations
Annotation Type XStreamConverter

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value={TYPE,FIELD})
@Documented
public @interface XStreamConverter

Annotation to declare a converter. The annotation supports additionally the injection of various constructor arguments provided by XStream:

• Mapper: The current mapper chain of the XStream instance.
• ClassLoader: The class loader used by the XStream instance to deserialize the objects.
• ReflectionProvider: The reflection provider used by the reflection based converters of the current XStream instance.
• ConverterLookup: The lookup for converters handling a special type.
• JVM: Utility e.g. to load classes.
• All elements provided with the individual arrays of this annotation.
• Class: The type of the element where the annotation is declared. Note, that this argument is not supported when using XStreamConverters.

Note, the annotation matches a ConverterMatcher. ConverterMatcher as well as SingleValueConverter extend this interface. The AnnotationMapper can only handle these two known types.

Author:

Chung-Onn Cheong, Jörg Schaible

Required Element Summary

Class<? extends ConverterMatcher>

value

Optional Element Summary

boolean[]	booleans
byte[]	bytes
char[]	chars
double[]	doubles
float[]	floats
int[]	ints
long[]	longs
int	priority
short[]	shorts
String[]	strings
Class<?>[]	types

Element Detail

value

public abstract Class<? extends ConverterMatcher> value

priority

public abstract int priority

Default:

0

types

public abstract Class<?>[] types

Default:

{}

strings

public abstract String[] strings

Default:

{}

bytes

public abstract byte[] bytes

Default:

{}

chars

public abstract char[] chars

Default:

{}

shorts

public abstract short[] shorts

Default:

{}

ints

public abstract int[] ints

Default:

{}

longs

public abstract long[] longs

Default:

{}

floats

public abstract float[] floats

Default:

{}

doubles

public abstract double[] doubles

Default:

{}

booleans

public abstract boolean[] booleans

Default:

{}