de.javakaffee.web.msm.serializer.javolution

Class CustomXMLFormat<T>

java.lang.Object

javolution.xml.XMLFormat<T>

de.javakaffee.web.msm.serializer.javolution.CustomXMLFormat<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

CGLibProxyFormat, HibernateCollectionsXMLFormat, JodaDateTimeFormat

public abstract class CustomXMLFormat<T>
extends javolution.xml.XMLFormat<T>

The superclass for custom XMLFormats that are used by the javolution serializer.

Author:

Martin Grotzke

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javolution.xml.XMLFormat

javolution.xml.XMLFormat.InputElement, javolution.xml.XMLFormat.OutputElement

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javolution.xml.XMLFormat

APPENDABLE_XML, BOOLEAN_XML, BYTE_XML, CHARACTER_XML, CLASS_XML, COLLECTION_XML, CONFIGURABLE_XML, DOUBLE_XML, FAST_COLLECTION_XML, FAST_COMPARATOR_XML, FAST_MAP_XML, FLOAT_XML, INDEX_XML, INTEGER_XML, LONG_XML, MAP_XML, OBJECT_ARRAY_XML, OBJECT_XML, PERSISTENT_CONTEXT_XML, QNAME_XML, SHORT_XML, STRING_XML, TEXT_XML

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CustomXMLFormat() Creates a new instance, super XMLFormat constructor is invoked with null.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	canConvert(Class<?> cls) Used to determine if this XMLFormat can handle the given class, both during serialization and deserialization.
Class<?>	getTargetClass(Class<?> cls) Used to determine the class that is used for writing the class attribute to the serialized xml.

Methods inherited from class javolution.xml.XMLFormat

getBoundClass, getDefault, isReferenceable, newInstance, read, toString, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CustomXMLFormat

public CustomXMLFormat()

Creates a new instance, super XMLFormat constructor is invoked with null.

Method Detail

canConvert

public abstract boolean canConvert(Class<?> cls)

Used to determine if this XMLFormat can handle the given class, both during serialization and deserialization.

Parameters:

cls - the class to check

Returns:

true if this XMLFormat serializes/deserializes instances of the provided class.

getTargetClass

public Class<?> getTargetClass(Class<?> cls)

Used to determine the class that is used for writing the class attribute to the serialized xml. This is usefull if the given class is a proxy.

This implementation just returns the provided class, subclasses may override this.

Parameters:

cls - the class to check

Returns:

the translated class