com.echomine.xmlrpc

Class StructSerializer

java.lang.Object

com.echomine.xmlrpc.StructSerializer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Deserializer, Serializer, SerializerFactoryAware

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

serializer for parsing a struct element into a hashmap or any Map-based class into an JDOM element. The Element should start with the <struct> tag. The struct XML example structure is as follows:

 <struct>
    <member>
       <name>lowerBound</name>
       <value><i4>18</i4></value>
    </member>
    <member>
       <name>upperBound</name>
       <value><i4>139</i4></value>
    </member>
 </struct>
 

Field Summary

Fields

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StructSerializer()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	deserialize(Element elem) Deserializes the element into a HashMap instance
Element	serialize(java.lang.Object data, Namespace ns) Serializes a Map-based object into a struct.
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

StructSerializer

public StructSerializer()

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 a Map-based object into a struct. This includes Hashmaps, sorted maps, tree maps, etc.

Specified by:

serialize in interface Serializer

Parameters:

data - any object that implements the Map interface

ns - optional namespace, null if there is none

Returns:

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

Throws:

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

deserialize

public java.lang.Object deserialize(Element elem)

Deserializes the element into a HashMap instance

Specified by:

deserialize in interface Deserializer

Parameters:

elem - the element containing the struct xml

Returns:

a HashMap instance