com.echomine.xmlrpc

Class DoubleSerializer

java.lang.Object

com.echomine.xmlrpc.DoubleSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Deserializer, Serializer

public class DoubleSerializer
extends java.lang.Object
implements Serializer, Deserializer

Serializer for the double value. This will deal with the XMLRPC's <double> element. Example:

 <double>-12.214<double>
 

Field Summary

Fields

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DoubleSerializer()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	deserialize(Element elem) Deserializes the xml data into a Double object.
Element	serialize(java.lang.Object data, Namespace ns) Serializes the object into its XML representation The object can be any Number-based 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

DoubleSerializer

public DoubleSerializer()

Method Detail

serialize

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

Serializes the object into its XML representation The object can be any Number-based instance. It will be transformed to a double value before writing out the string representation. NOTE: The serialization may not serialize the exact value that you specified, but it will be close. For instance, if you have -12.222, the serialized value may be -12.22200000100023. There is nothing that can be done in regards to the current situation.

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

data - a Number instance

ns - optional namespace, null if no namespace

Returns:

the element data

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - when the data is not an accepted format

deserialize

public java.lang.Object deserialize(Element elem)

Deserializes the xml data into a Double object. NOTE: The deserialized double value may not be the exact value that the data specified. However, you can round it off to your nearest precision if you'd like afterwards.

Specified by:

deserialize in interface Deserializer

Parameters:

elem - the element containing the data

Returns:

the Double instance of the deserialized object

Throws:

java.lang.NumberFormatException - if the data cannot be parsed properly