com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml

Interface DocumentWriter

All Superinterfaces:

HierarchicalStreamWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDocumentWriter, Dom4JWriter, DomWriter, JDom2Writer, JDomWriter, XomWriter, XppDomWriter

public interface DocumentWriter
extends HierarchicalStreamWriter

A generic interface for all HierarchicalStreamWriter implementations generating a DOM.

Since:

1.2.1

Author:

Jörg Schaible

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List	getTopLevelNodes() Retrieve a List with the top elements.

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

addAttribute, close, endNode, flush, setValue, startNode, underlyingWriter

Method Detail

getTopLevelNodes

java.util.List getTopLevelNodes()

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.

Returns:

a List with top nodes

Since:

1.2.1