com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper
Class ArrayMapper

java.lang.Object
  com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper
      com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.ArrayMapper

All Implemented Interfaces:

Mapper

public class ArrayMapper

extends MapperWrapper

Mapper that detects arrays and changes the name so it can identified as an array (for example Foo[] gets serialized as foo-array). Supports multi-dimensional arrays.

Author:

Joe Walnes

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.Mapper

Mapper.ImplicitCollectionMapping, Mapper.Null

Constructor Summary

ArrayMapper(ClassMapper wrapped)
Deprecated. As of 1.2, use ArrayMapper(Mapper)

ArrayMapper(Mapper wrapped)

Method Summary

java.lang.Class	realClass(java.lang.String elementName) How a serialized class representation should be mapped back to a real class.
java.lang.String	serializedClass(java.lang.Class type) How a class name should be represented in its serialized form.

Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper

aliasForAttribute, aliasForAttribute, attributeForAlias, attributeForAlias, attributeForClassDefiningField, attributeForEnumType, attributeForImplementationClass, attributeForReadResolveField, defaultImplementationOf, getConverterFromAttribute, getConverterFromAttribute, getConverterFromItemType, getConverterFromItemType, getConverterFromItemType, getFieldNameForItemTypeAndName, getImplicitCollectionDefForFieldName, getItemTypeForItemFieldName, isImmutableValueType, lookupMapperOfType, realMember, serializedMember, shouldSerializeMember

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ArrayMapper

public ArrayMapper(Mapper wrapped)

ArrayMapper

public ArrayMapper(ClassMapper wrapped)

Deprecated. As of 1.2, use ArrayMapper(Mapper)

Method Detail

serializedClass

public java.lang.String serializedClass(java.lang.Class type)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

How a class name should be represented in its serialized form.

Specified by:

serializedClass in interface Mapper

Overrides:

serializedClass in class MapperWrapper

realClass

public java.lang.Class realClass(java.lang.String elementName)

Description copied from interface: Mapper

How a serialized class representation should be mapped back to a real class.

Specified by:

realClass in interface Mapper

Overrides:

realClass in class MapperWrapper