com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml

Class TraxSource

java.lang.Object

javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource

com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.TraxSource

All Implemented Interfaces:

Source

public class TraxSource
extends SAXSource

A JAXP TrAX Source that enables using XStream object serialization as direct input for XSLT processors without resorting to an intermediate representation such as text XML, DOM or DOM4J.

The following example shows how to apply an XSL Transformation to a set of Java objects gathered into a List (source):

 public static String transform(List source, String stylesheet) {
     try {
         Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer(
             new StreamSource(stylesheet));
         TraxSource in = new TraxSource(source);
         Writer out = new StringWriter();
         transformer.transform(in, new StreamResult(out));
         return out.toString();
     } catch (TransformerException e) {
         throw new RuntimeException("XSLT Transformation failed", e);
     }
 }
 

Author:

Laurent Bihanic

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	XSTREAM_FEATURE If TransformerFactory.getFeature(java.lang.String) returns true when passed this value as an argument, the Transformer natively supports XStream.

Fields inherited from class javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource

FEATURE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TraxSource() Creates a XStream TrAX source.
TraxSource(List source) Creates a XStream TrAX source, setting the objects to marshal.
TraxSource(List source, XStream xstream) Creates a XStream TrAX source, setting the objects to marshal and a configured (with aliases) XStream facade.
TraxSource(Object source) Creates a XStream TrAX source, specifying the object to marshal.
TraxSource(Object source, XStream xstream) Creates a XStream TrAX source, specifying the object to marshal and a configured (with aliases) XStream facade.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
XMLReader	getXMLReader() Returns the XMLReader to be used for the Source.
void	setInputSource(InputSource inputSource) Sets the SAX InputSource to be used for the Source.
void	setSource(Object obj) Sets the object to marshal.
void	setSourceAsList(List list) Sets the list of objects to marshal.
void	setXMLReader(XMLReader reader) Set the XMLReader to be used for the Source.
void	setXStream(XStream xstream) Sets the XStream facade to use when marshalling objects.

Methods inherited from class javax.xml.transform.sax.SAXSource

getInputSource, getSystemId, setSystemId, sourceToInputSource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

XSTREAM_FEATURE

public static final String XSTREAM_FEATURE

If TransformerFactory.getFeature(java.lang.String) returns true when passed this value as an argument, the Transformer natively supports XStream.

Note: This implementation does not override the SAXSource.FEATURE value defined by its superclass to be considered as a SAXSource by Transformer implementations not natively supporting this XStream-specific source

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

TraxSource

public TraxSource()

Creates a XStream TrAX source.

TraxSource

public TraxSource(Object source)

Creates a XStream TrAX source, specifying the object to marshal.

Parameters:

source - the object to marshal.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source is null.

See Also:

setSource(java.lang.Object)

TraxSource

public TraxSource(Object source,
                  XStream xstream)

Creates a XStream TrAX source, specifying the object to marshal and a configured (with aliases) XStream facade.

Parameters:

source - the object to marshal.

xstream - a configured XStream facade.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source or xstream is null.

See Also:

setSource(java.lang.Object), setXStream(com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream)

TraxSource

public TraxSource(List source)

Creates a XStream TrAX source, setting the objects to marshal.

Parameters:

source - the list of objects to marshal.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source is null or empty.

See Also:

setSourceAsList(java.util.List)

TraxSource

public TraxSource(List source,
                  XStream xstream)

Creates a XStream TrAX source, setting the objects to marshal and a configured (with aliases) XStream facade.

Parameters:

source - the list of objects to marshal.

xstream - a configured XStream facade.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source or xstream is null or source is empty.

See Also:

setSourceAsList(java.util.List), setXStream(com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream)

Method Detail

setInputSource

public void setInputSource(InputSource inputSource)

Sets the SAX InputSource to be used for the Source.

As this implementation only supports object lists as data source, this method always throws an UnsupportedOperationException.

Overrides:

setInputSource in class SAXSource

Parameters:

inputSource - a valid InputSource reference.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - always!

setXMLReader

public void setXMLReader(XMLReader reader)

Set the XMLReader to be used for the Source.

As this implementation only supports object lists as data source, this method throws an UnsupportedOperationException if the provided reader object does not implement the SAX XMLFilter interface. Otherwise, a SaxWriter instance will be attached as parent of the filter chain.

Overrides:

setXMLReader in class SAXSource

Parameters:

reader - a valid XMLReader or XMLFilter reference.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if reader is not a SAX XMLFilter.

See Also:

getXMLReader()

getXMLReader

public XMLReader getXMLReader()

Returns the XMLReader to be used for the Source.

This implementation returns a specific XMLReader (SaxWriter) generating the XML from a list of input objects.

Overrides:

getXMLReader in class SAXSource

Returns:

an XMLReader generating the XML from a list of input objects.

setXStream

public void setXStream(XStream xstream)

Sets the XStream facade to use when marshalling objects.

Parameters:

xstream - a configured XStream facade.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if xstream is null.

setSource

public void setSource(Object obj)

Sets the object to marshal.

Parameters:

obj - the object to marshal.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source is null.

setSourceAsList

public void setSourceAsList(List list)

Sets the list of objects to marshal.

When dealing with non-text input (such as SAX or DOM), XSLT processors support multiple root node children for the source tree (see section 3.1 of the "XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0" specification. Using a list of objects as source makes use of this feature and allows creating XML documents merging the XML serialization of several Java objects.

Parameters:

list - the list of objects to marshal.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if source is null or empty.