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public interface

Unmarshaller

org.springframework.oxm.Unmarshaller
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

Defines the contract for Object XML Mapping unmarshallers. Implementations of this interface can deserialize a given XML Stream to an Object graph.

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Summary

Public Methods
abstract boolean supports(Class<?> clazz)
Indicates whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.
abstract Object unmarshal(Source source)
Unmarshals the given Source into an object graph.

Public Methods

public abstract boolean supports (Class<?> clazz)

Indicates whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.

Parameters
clazz the class that this unmarshaller is being asked if it can marshal
Returns
  • true if this unmarshaller can indeed unmarshal to the supplied class; false otherwise

public abstract Object unmarshal (Source source)

Unmarshals the given Source into an object graph.

Parameters
source the source to marshal from
Returns
  • the object graph
Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs
XmlMappingException if the given source cannot be mapped to an object