XStream
  1. XStream
  2. XSTR-485

Check object references when deserializing

    Details

    • Type: Improvement Improvement
    • Status: Closed Closed
    • Priority: Major Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Fix Version/s: 1.3.1
    • Component/s: None
    • Labels:
      None
    • JDK version and platform:
      Sun 1.6.0_05 for Windows

      Description

      Hello,

      I have read that object references are not meant to be used manually for deserializing, but I find them very useful because that way I don't have to build or resolve these references after deserializing; XStream can do it for me. The problem is that XStream doesn't complain when I make a mistake and put an invalid reference; in those cases XStream silently assigns a null reference and goes on (see the example below).

      Jörg suggested that "XStream might be changed to throw an exception in this case".

      Thank you very much,
      Fran

      <projects>
      <people>
      <person id="p1" name="Peter" ... more data ... />
      <person id="p2" name="Mary" ... more data ... />
      <person id="p3" name="Alex" ... more data ... />
      </people>
      <project name="project one">
      <people>
      <person reference="p1" />
      <person reference="p2" />
      <person reference="p4" /> <!-- Wrong reference "p4". XStream assigns null. -->
      </people>
      </project>
      <project name="project two">
      <people>
      <person reference="p1" />
      <person reference="p3" />
      </people>
      </project>
      </projects>

        People

        • Assignee:
          Jörg Schaible
          Reporter:
          Fran Martin
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