org.rapidcontext.core.data

Class XmlSerializer

java.lang.Object

org.rapidcontext.core.data.XmlSerializer

public class XmlSerializer
extends java.lang.Object

A data serializer for XML. This class currently only attempts to render a machine-readable version of a data object, without any efforts of parsing input data. The following basic requirements must be met in order to serialize an object:

• No circular references are permitted.
• String, Integer, Boolean, Array and Dict objects are supported.
• Key names must only consist of valid XML tag characters.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Per Cederberg

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XmlSerializer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	serialize(java.lang.String id, java.lang.Object obj) Serializes an object into an XML representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlSerializer

public XmlSerializer()

Method Detail

serialize

public static java.lang.String serialize(java.lang.String id,
                                         java.lang.Object obj)

Serializes an object into an XML representation. The string returned is a stand-alone XML document marked as being in the UTF-8 charset.

Parameters:

id - the data identifier

obj - the object to convert, or null

Returns:

an XML representation