public class

CollectionConverter

extends AbstractCollectionConverter
java.lang.Object
   ↳ com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter
     ↳ com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.CollectionConverter
Known Direct Subclasses

Class Overview

Converts most common Collections (Lists and Sets) to XML, specifying a nested element for each item.

Supports java.util.ArrayList, java.util.HashSet, java.util.LinkedList, java.util.Vector and java.util.LinkedHashSet.

Summary

Public Constructors
CollectionConverter(Mapper mapper)
Public Methods
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.
Protected Methods
void populateCollection(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context, Collection collection)
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Inherited Methods
From class com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter
From class java.lang.Object
From interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter
From interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher

Public Constructors

public CollectionConverter (Mapper mapper)

Public Methods

public boolean canConvert (Class type)

Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Parameters
type the Class representing the object type to be converted

public void marshal (Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context)

Convert an object to textual data.

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.

public Object unmarshal (HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context)

Convert textual data back into an object.

Parameters
reader The stream to read the text from.
Returns
  • The resulting object.

Protected Methods

protected void populateCollection (HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context, Collection collection)