Class ArrayMapper

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper

com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.ArrayMapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

Mapper

public class ArrayMapper
extends MapperWrapper

Mapper that detects arrays and changes the name so it can identified as an array (for example Foo[] gets serialized as foo-array). Supports multi-dimensional arrays.

Author:

Joe Walnes

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Mapper

Mapper.ImplicitCollectionMapping, Mapper.Null

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ArrayMapper(Mapper wrapped)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class	realClass(String elementName)	How a serialized class representation should be mapped back to a real class.
String	serializedClass(Class type)	How a class name should be represented in its serialized form.

Methods inherited from class MapperWrapper

aliasForAttribute, aliasForAttribute, aliasForSystemAttribute, attributeForAlias, attributeForAlias, defaultImplementationOf, getConverterFromAttribute, getConverterFromAttribute, getConverterFromAttribute, getConverterFromItemType, getConverterFromItemType, getConverterFromItemType, getFieldNameForItemTypeAndName, getImplicitCollectionDefForFieldName, getItemTypeForItemFieldName, getLocalConverter, isIgnoredElement, isImmutableValueType, isReferenceable, lookupMapperOfType, realMember, serializedMember, shouldSerializeMember

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

ArrayMapper

public ArrayMapper(Mapper wrapped)

Method Details

serializedClass

public String serializedClass(Class type)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

How a class name should be represented in its serialized form.

Specified by:

serializedClass in interface Mapper

Overrides:

serializedClass in class MapperWrapper

realClass

public Class realClass(String elementName)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

How a serialized class representation should be mapped back to a real class.

Specified by:

realClass in interface Mapper

Overrides:

realClass in class MapperWrapper