Class JavaMethodConverter

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.extended.JavaMethodConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter, ConverterMatcher

public class JavaMethodConverter
extends Object
implements Converter

Converts a java.lang.reflect.Method to XML.

Author:

Aslak Hellesøy, Jörg Schaible

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	JavaMethodConverter(SingleValueConverter javaClassConverter)	Construct a JavaMethodConverter.
	JavaMethodConverter(ClassLoaderReference classLoaderReference)	Construct a JavaMethodConverter.
	JavaMethodConverter(ClassLoader classLoader)	Deprecated. As of 1.4.5 use JavaMethodConverter(ClassLoaderReference)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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.
Object	unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context)	Convert textual data back into an object.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

JavaMethodConverter

public JavaMethodConverter(ClassLoaderReference classLoaderReference)

Construct a JavaMethodConverter.

Parameters:

classLoaderReference - the reference to the ClassLoader of the XStream instance

Since:

1.4.5

JavaMethodConverter

public JavaMethodConverter(ClassLoader classLoader)

Deprecated.

As of 1.4.5 use JavaMethodConverter(ClassLoaderReference)

JavaMethodConverter

protected JavaMethodConverter(SingleValueConverter javaClassConverter)

Construct a JavaMethodConverter.

Parameters:

javaClassConverter - the converter to use

Since:

1.4.5

Method Details

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

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

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

Parameters:

reader - The stream to read the text from.

context -

Returns:

The resulting object.