com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections
Class MapConverter

java.lang.Object
  com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter
      com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter, ConverterMatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

EnumMapConverter, SingletonMapConverter, TreeMapConverter

public class MapConverter
extends AbstractCollectionConverter

Converts a java.util.Map to XML, specifying an 'entry' element with 'key' and 'value' children.

Note: 'key' and 'value' is not the name of the generated tag. The children are serialized as normal elements and the implementation expects them in the order 'key'/'value'.

Supports java.util.HashMap, java.util.Hashtable and java.util.LinkedHashMap.

Author:

Joe Walnes

Constructor Summary

MapConverter(Mapper mapper)

Method Summary

boolean	canConvert(Class type) Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
void	marshal(Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context) Convert an object to textual data.
protected void	populateMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context, Map map)
protected void	populateMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context, Map map, Map target)
protected void	putCurrentEntryIntoMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context, Map map, Map target)
Object	unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context) Convert textual data back into an object.

Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter

createCollection, mapper, readItem, writeItem

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MapConverter

public MapConverter(Mapper mapper)

Method Detail

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(Class type)

Description copied from interface: ConverterMatcher

Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Specified by:

canConvert in interface ConverterMatcher

Specified by:

canConvert in class AbstractCollectionConverter

Parameters:

type - the Class representing the object type to be converted

marshal

public void marshal(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

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 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

Parameters:

reader - The stream to read the text from.

Returns:

The resulting object.

populateMap

protected void populateMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
                           UnmarshallingContext context,
                           Map map)

populateMap

protected void populateMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
                           UnmarshallingContext context,
                           Map map,
                           Map target)

putCurrentEntryIntoMap

protected void putCurrentEntryIntoMap(HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
                                      UnmarshallingContext context,
                                      Map map,
                                      Map target)