edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.server.converters

Class AliasingSetConverter

java.lang.Object

edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.server.converters.AliasingSetConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter, com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

PersonNamesSetConverter, PlaceNamesSetConverter

public class AliasingSetConverter
extends java.lang.Object
implements com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter

This Converter allows changing the alias of an element in a set.

Usage:

xstream.registerLocalConverter( <class containing set>, "setOfStrings", new AliasingSetConverter( String.class, "value"));

NOTE: only tested with sets of Strings.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AliasingSetConverter(java.lang.Class<?> type, java.lang.String alias)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canConvert(java.lang.Class type)
void	marshal(java.lang.Object source, com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.MarshallingContext context)
java.lang.Object	unmarshal(com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamReader reader, com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.UnmarshallingContext context)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AliasingSetConverter

public AliasingSetConverter(java.lang.Class<?> type,
                    java.lang.String alias)

Method Detail

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)

Specified by:

canConvert in interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConverterMatcher

marshal

public void marshal(java.lang.Object source,
           com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamWriter writer,
           com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.MarshallingContext context)

Specified by:

marshal in interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter

unmarshal

public java.lang.Object unmarshal(com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
                         com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.UnmarshallingContext context)

Specified by:

unmarshal in interface com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.Converter