eu.dnetlib.miscutils.jaxb

Class JaxbFactory<T>

java.lang.Object

eu.dnetlib.miscutils.jaxb.JaxbFactory<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of the roote element

public class JaxbFactory<T>
extends Object

Common base class for implementing the Jaxb ObjectFactory pattern.

Author:

marko

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	JaxbFactory() Prevent instantiating with 0 arguments.
	JaxbFactory(Class<? extends T> clazz) creates a new jaxb factory.
	JaxbFactory(Class<? extends T> clazz, Class<?>... classes) creates a new jaxb factory.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected JAXBElement<T>	createElement(T value) creates a jax element for a given java object.
Class<? extends T>	getClazz()
JAXBContext	getContext()
T	newInstance() Create a new T instance.
T	parse(Source source) Parses a given source and creates a java object.
T	parse(String value) Parses a given string and creates a java object.
String	serialize(T value) Serializes a java object to the xml representation.
void	serialize(T value, Result result) Serializes a java object to a xml sink.
void	setClazz(Class<T> clazz)
void	setContext(JAXBContext context)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JaxbFactory

protected JaxbFactory()
               throws JAXBException

Prevent instantiating with 0 arguments.

Throws:

JAXBException

JaxbFactory

public JaxbFactory(Class<? extends T> clazz)
            throws JAXBException

creates a new jaxb factory. This constructor is needed because spring constructor injection doesn't work well will varargs.

Parameters:

clazz -

Throws:

JAXBException

JaxbFactory

public JaxbFactory(Class<? extends T> clazz,
                   Class<?>... classes)
            throws JAXBException

creates a new jaxb factory.

Parameters:

clazz - class for the root element

classes - other classes

Throws:

JAXBException - could happen

Method Detail

newInstance

public T newInstance()

Create a new T instance.

Returns:

new T instance

parse

public T parse(String value)
        throws JAXBException

Parses a given string and creates a java object.

Parameters:

value - serialized representation

Returns:

java object

Throws:

JAXBException - could happen

parse

public T parse(Source source)
        throws JAXBException

Parses a given source and creates a java object.

Parameters:

source - serialized representation

Returns:

java object

Throws:

JAXBException - could happen

serialize

public String serialize(T value)
                 throws JAXBException

Serializes a java object to the xml representation.

Parameters:

value - java object

Returns:

xml string

Throws:

JAXBException - could happen

serialize

public void serialize(T value,
                      Result result)
               throws JAXBException

Serializes a java object to a xml sink.

Parameters:

value - java object

result - transform sink

Throws:

JAXBException - could happen

createElement

protected JAXBElement<T> createElement(T value)

creates a jax element for a given java object.

Parameters:

value - java object

Returns:

jaxb element

getContext

public JAXBContext getContext()

setContext

public void setContext(JAXBContext context)

getClazz

public Class<? extends T> getClazz()

setClazz

public void setClazz(Class<T> clazz)