org.cristalise.kernel.utils

Class CastorXMLUtility

java.lang.Object

org.cristalise.kernel.utils.CastorXMLUtility

public class CastorXMLUtility
extends Object

Loads all castor mapfiles, and wraps marshalling/unmarshalling

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	CASTOR_XML_SERIALIZER_FACTORY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CastorXMLUtility(ResourceLoader aResourceLoader, Properties aAppProperties, URL mapURL) Looks for a file called 'index' at the given URL, and loads every file listed in there by relative path

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	marshall(Object obj) Marshalls a mapped object to xml string.
Object	unmarshall(String data) Unmarshalls a mapped object from XML string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CASTOR_XML_SERIALIZER_FACTORY

public static final String CASTOR_XML_SERIALIZER_FACTORY

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

CastorXMLUtility

public CastorXMLUtility(ResourceLoader aResourceLoader,
                        Properties aAppProperties,
                        URL mapURL)
                 throws InvalidDataException

Looks for a file called 'index' at the given URL, and loads every file listed in there by relative path

Parameters:

aResourceLoader - the resource loader able to return the right class loader

aAppProperties - the application properties containing optional castor configuration

mapURL - the root URL for the mapfiles

Throws:

InvalidDataException

Method Detail

marshall

public String marshall(Object obj)
                throws IOException,
                       org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingException,
                       org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException,
                       org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException

Marshalls a mapped object to xml string. The mapping must be loaded before. See updateMapping().

Parameters:

obj - the object to be marshalled

Returns:

the xml string of the marshalled object

Throws:

IOException

org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingException

org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException

org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException

unmarshall

public Object unmarshall(String data)
                  throws IOException,
                         org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingException,
                         org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException,
                         org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException

Unmarshalls a mapped object from XML string. The mapping must be loaded before. See updateMapping().

Parameters:

data - the string to be unmarshalled

Returns:

the unmarshalled object

Throws:

IOException

org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingException

org.exolab.castor.xml.MarshalException

org.exolab.castor.xml.ValidationException