Class AttributeMapper

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper

com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.AttributeMapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

Mapper

public class AttributeMapper
extends MapperWrapper

Mapper that allows the usage of attributes for fields and corresponding types or specified arbitrary types. It is responsible for the lookup of the SingleValueConverter for item types and attribute names.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Paul Hammant, Ian Cartwright, Jörg Schaible, Mauro Talevi, Guilherme Silveira

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Mapper

Mapper.ImplicitCollectionMapping, Mapper.Null

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AttributeMapper(Mapper wrapped)	Deprecated. As of 1.3
AttributeMapper(Mapper wrapped, ConverterLookup converterLookup, ReflectionProvider refProvider)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addAttributeFor(Class type)
void	addAttributeFor(Class definedIn, String fieldName)	Tells this mapper to use an attribute for this field.
void	addAttributeFor(Field field)	Tells this mapper to use an attribute for this field.
void	addAttributeFor(String fieldName, Class type)
SingleValueConverter	getConverterFromAttribute(Class definedIn, String attribute)	Deprecated. As of 1.3.1, use getConverterFromAttribute(Class, String, Class)
SingleValueConverter	getConverterFromAttribute(Class definedIn, String attribute, Class type)	Returns which converter to use for an specific attribute in a type.
SingleValueConverter	getConverterFromAttribute(String attributeName)	Deprecated. As of 1.3, use getConverterFromAttribute(Class, String, Class)
SingleValueConverter	getConverterFromItemType(Class type)	Deprecated. As of 1.3, use getConverterFromItemType(String, Class, Class)
SingleValueConverter	getConverterFromItemType(String fieldName, Class type)	Deprecated. As of 1.3, use getConverterFromItemType(String, Class, Class)
SingleValueConverter	getConverterFromItemType(String fieldName, Class type, Class definedIn)	Returns a single value converter to be used in a specific field.
void	setConverterLookup(ConverterLookup converterLookup)	Deprecated. As of 1.3
boolean	shouldLookForSingleValueConverter(String fieldName, Class type, Class definedIn)

Methods inherited from class MapperWrapper

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

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

AttributeMapper

public AttributeMapper(Mapper wrapped)

Deprecated.

As of 1.3

AttributeMapper

public AttributeMapper(Mapper wrapped,
 ConverterLookup converterLookup,
 ReflectionProvider refProvider)

Method Details

setConverterLookup

public void setConverterLookup(ConverterLookup converterLookup)

Deprecated.

As of 1.3

addAttributeFor

public void addAttributeFor(String fieldName,
 Class type)

addAttributeFor

public void addAttributeFor(Class type)

getConverterFromItemType

public SingleValueConverter getConverterFromItemType(String fieldName,
 Class type)

Deprecated.

As of 1.3, use getConverterFromItemType(String, Class, Class)

Specified by:

getConverterFromItemType in interface Mapper

Overrides:

getConverterFromItemType in class MapperWrapper

getConverterFromItemType

public SingleValueConverter getConverterFromItemType(String fieldName,
 Class type,
 Class definedIn)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

Returns a single value converter to be used in a specific field.

Specified by:

getConverterFromItemType in interface Mapper

Overrides:

getConverterFromItemType in class MapperWrapper

Parameters:

fieldName - the field name

type - the field type

definedIn - the type which defines this field

Returns:

a SingleValueConverter or null if there no such converter should be used for this field.

shouldLookForSingleValueConverter

public boolean shouldLookForSingleValueConverter(String fieldName,
 Class type,
 Class definedIn)

getConverterFromItemType

public SingleValueConverter getConverterFromItemType(Class type)

Deprecated.

As of 1.3, use getConverterFromItemType(String, Class, Class)

Specified by:

getConverterFromItemType in interface Mapper

Overrides:

getConverterFromItemType in class MapperWrapper

getConverterFromAttribute

public SingleValueConverter getConverterFromAttribute(String attributeName)

Deprecated.

As of 1.3, use getConverterFromAttribute(Class, String, Class)

Specified by:

getConverterFromAttribute in interface Mapper

Overrides:

getConverterFromAttribute in class MapperWrapper

getConverterFromAttribute

public SingleValueConverter getConverterFromAttribute(Class definedIn,
 String attribute)

Deprecated.

As of 1.3.1, use getConverterFromAttribute(Class, String, Class)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

Returns which converter to use for an specific attribute in a type.

Specified by:

getConverterFromAttribute in interface Mapper

Overrides:

getConverterFromAttribute in class MapperWrapper

Parameters:

definedIn - the field's parent

attribute - the attribute name

getConverterFromAttribute

public SingleValueConverter getConverterFromAttribute(Class definedIn,
 String attribute,
 Class type)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

Returns which converter to use for an specific attribute in a type.

Specified by:

getConverterFromAttribute in interface Mapper

Overrides:

getConverterFromAttribute in class MapperWrapper

Parameters:

definedIn - the field's parent

attribute - the attribute name

type - the type the converter should create

addAttributeFor

public void addAttributeFor(Field field)

Tells this mapper to use an attribute for this field.

Parameters:

field - the field itself

Since:

1.2.2

addAttributeFor

public void addAttributeFor(Class definedIn,
 String fieldName)

Tells this mapper to use an attribute for this field.

Parameters:

definedIn - the declaring class of the field

fieldName - the name of the field

Since:

1.3