Package 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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	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	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

Constructor Details

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 Details

marshall

public String marshall(Object obj)
                throws InvalidDataException

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:

InvalidDataException - all errors captured

unmarshall

public Object unmarshall(String data)
                  throws InvalidDataException

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:

InvalidDataException - all errors captured