public class

JavaMethodConverter

extends Object
implements Converter
java.lang.Object
   ↳ com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.extended.JavaMethodConverter

Class Overview

Converts a java.lang.reflect.Method to XML.

Summary

Public Constructors
JavaMethodConverter()
This constructor is deprecated. As of 1.2 - use other constructor and explicitly supply a ClassLoader.
JavaMethodConverter(ClassLoader classLoader)
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.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object
From interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter
From interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher

Public Constructors

public JavaMethodConverter ()

This constructor is deprecated.
As of 1.2 - use other constructor and explicitly supply a ClassLoader.

public JavaMethodConverter (ClassLoader classLoader)

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.