Class ClassAliasingMapper

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper

com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.ClassAliasingMapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

Mapper

public class ClassAliasingMapper
extends MapperWrapper

Mapper that allows a fully qualified class name to be replaced with an alias.

Author:

Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Mapper

Mapper.ImplicitCollectionMapping, Mapper.Null

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ClassAliasingMapper(Mapper wrapped)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addClassAlias(String name, Class type)
void	addClassAttributeAlias(String name, Class type)	Deprecated. As of 1.3, method was a leftover of an old implementation
void	addTypeAlias(String name, Class type)
boolean	aliasIsAttribute(String name)	Deprecated. As of 1.4.9
boolean	itemTypeAsAttribute(Class clazz)	Deprecated. As of 1.4.9
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

ClassAliasingMapper

public ClassAliasingMapper(Mapper wrapped)

Method Details

addClassAlias

public void addClassAlias(String name,
 Class type)

addClassAttributeAlias

public void addClassAttributeAlias(String name,
 Class type)

Deprecated.

As of 1.3, method was a leftover of an old implementation

addTypeAlias

public void addTypeAlias(String name,
 Class type)

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

itemTypeAsAttribute

public boolean itemTypeAsAttribute(Class clazz)

Deprecated.

As of 1.4.9

aliasIsAttribute

public boolean aliasIsAttribute(String name)

Deprecated.

As of 1.4.9