com.echomine.xmlrpc

Class ArraySerializer

java.lang.Object

com.echomine.xmlrpc.ArraySerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Deserializer, Serializer, SerializerFactoryAware

public class ArraySerializer
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializer, Deserializer, SerializerFactoryAware

Used to serialize and deserialize the XMLRPC array xml data. Example:

 <array>
 <data>
    <value><i4>12</i4></value>
    <value><string>Egypt</string></value>
    <value><boolean>0</boolean></value>
    </data>
 </array>
 

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	NAME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ArraySerializer()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	deserialize(Element elem) deserializes the data element into a List object.
Element	serialize(java.lang.Object data, Namespace ns) Serializes the data object into an XML element.
void	setSerializerFactory(SerializerFactory factory) sets the serializer factory instance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NAME

public static final java.lang.String NAME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ArraySerializer

public ArraySerializer()

Method Detail

setSerializerFactory

public void setSerializerFactory(SerializerFactory factory)

sets the serializer factory instance

Specified by:

setSerializerFactory in interface SerializerFactoryAware

serialize

public Element serialize(java.lang.Object data,
                Namespace ns)

Serializes the data object into an XML element. The data object must be of type List or one of its subclasses.

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

data - object that implements the List interface

ns - optional namespace, null if none

Returns:

the Element object of the serialized data, null if there were any problems

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if data object does not implement List

deserialize

public java.lang.Object deserialize(Element elem)

deserializes the data element into a List object.

Specified by:

deserialize in interface Deserializer

Parameters:

elem - the element data

Returns:

the deserialized List object, containing sub objects of corresponding types