com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections

Class SingletonCollectionConverter

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.CollectionConverter

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.SingletonCollectionConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter, ConverterMatcher

public class SingletonCollectionConverter
extends CollectionConverter

Converts singleton collections (list and set) to XML, specifying a nested element for the item.

Supports Collections.singleton(Object) and Collections.singletonList(Object).

Since:

1.4.2

Author:

Jörg Schaible

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SingletonCollectionConverter(Mapper mapper) Construct a SingletonCollectionConverter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canConvert(Class type) Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
Object	unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context) Convert textual data back into an object.

Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.CollectionConverter

addCurrentElementToCollection, createCollection, marshal, populateCollection, populateCollection

Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter

mapper, readItem, writeItem

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SingletonCollectionConverter

public SingletonCollectionConverter(Mapper mapper)

Construct a SingletonCollectionConverter.

Parameters:

mapper - the mapper

Since:

1.4.2

Method Detail

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(Class type)

Description copied from interface: ConverterMatcher

Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Specified by:

canConvert in interface ConverterMatcher

Overrides:

canConvert in class CollectionConverter

Parameters:

type - the Class representing the object type to be converted

unmarshal

public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
                        UnmarshallingContext context)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Convert textual data back into an object.

Specified by:

unmarshal in interface Converter

Overrides:

unmarshal in class CollectionConverter

Parameters:

reader - The stream to read the text from.

Returns:

The resulting object.