com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml

Class AbstractDocumentWriter

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.AbstractWriter

com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractXmlWriter

com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractDocumentWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ExtendedHierarchicalStreamWriter, HierarchicalStreamWriter, DocumentWriter, XmlFriendlyWriter

Direct Known Subclasses:

Dom4JWriter, DomWriter, JDom2Writer, JDomWriter, XomWriter, XppDomWriter

public abstract class AbstractDocumentWriter
extends AbstractXmlWriter
implements DocumentWriter

A generic HierarchicalStreamWriter for DOM writer implementations. The implementation manages a list of top level DOM nodes. Every time the last node is closed on the node stack, the next started node is added to the list. This list can be retrieved using the DocumentWriter.getTopLevelNodes() method.

Since:

1.2.1

Author:

Laurent Bihanic, Jörg Schaible

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractDocumentWriter(Object container, NameCoder nameCoder) Constructs an AbstractDocumentWriter.
AbstractDocumentWriter(Object container, XmlFriendlyReplacer replacer) Deprecated. As of 1.4 use AbstractDocumentWriter(Object, NameCoder) instead.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Close the writer, if necessary.
protected abstract Object	createNode(String name) Create a node.
void	endNode()
void	endNodeInternally() Called when a node ends.
void	flush() Flush the writer, if necessary.
protected Object	getCurrent()
List	getTopLevelNodes() Retrieve a List with the top elements.
void	startNode(String name)

Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractXmlWriter

escapeXmlName

Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.AbstractWriter

encodeAttribute, encodeNode, startNode, underlyingWriter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamWriter

addAttribute, setValue, underlyingWriter

Constructor Detail

AbstractDocumentWriter

public AbstractDocumentWriter(Object container,
                              NameCoder nameCoder)

Constructs an AbstractDocumentWriter.

Parameters:

container - the top level container for the nodes to create (may be null)

nameCoder - the object that creates XML-friendly names

Since:

1.4

AbstractDocumentWriter

public AbstractDocumentWriter(Object container,
                              XmlFriendlyReplacer replacer)

Deprecated. As of 1.4 use AbstractDocumentWriter(Object, NameCoder) instead.

Constructs an AbstractDocumentWriter.

Parameters:

container - the top level container for the nodes to create (may be null)

replacer - the object that creates XML-friendly names

Since:

1.2.1

Method Detail

startNode

public final void startNode(String name)

Specified by:

startNode in interface HierarchicalStreamWriter

createNode

protected abstract Object createNode(String name)

Create a node. The provided node name is not yet XML friendly. If getCurrent() returns null the node is a top level node.

Parameters:

name - the node name

Returns:

the new node

Since:

1.2.1

endNode

public final void endNode()

Specified by:

endNode in interface HierarchicalStreamWriter

endNodeInternally

public void endNodeInternally()

Called when a node ends. Hook for derived implementations.

Since:

1.2.1

getCurrent

protected final Object getCurrent()

Since:

1.2.1

getTopLevelNodes

public List getTopLevelNodes()

Description copied from interface: DocumentWriter

Retrieve a List with the top elements. In the standard use case this list will only contain a single element. Additional elements can only occur, if HierarchicalStreamWriter.startNode(String) of the implementing HierarchicalStreamWriter was called multiple times with an empty node stack. Such a situation occurs calling XStream.marshal(Object, HierarchicalStreamWriter) multiple times directly.

Specified by:

getTopLevelNodes in interface DocumentWriter

Returns:

a List with top nodes

flush

public void flush()

Description copied from interface: HierarchicalStreamWriter

Flush the writer, if necessary.

Specified by:

flush in interface HierarchicalStreamWriter

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: HierarchicalStreamWriter

Close the writer, if necessary.

Specified by:

close in interface HierarchicalStreamWriter