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(java.lang.Class type) Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
java.lang.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, readBareItem, readCompleteItem, readItem, writeBareItem, writeCompleteItem, writeItem, writeNullItem

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(java.lang.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 java.lang.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.