com.xerox.amazonws.common
Class JAXBuddy

java.lang.Object
  com.xerox.amazonws.common.JAXBuddy

public class JAXBuddy
extends Object

This class implements some helpful methods to marshal and unmarshal xml.

Author:

D. Kavanagh, developer@dotech.com

Field Summary

static Hashtable<String,javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext>

contextCache

Constructor Summary

JAXBuddy()

Method Summary

static void	clearCache() This method will clear the internal cache we use to speed up these util functions.
static DocumentBuilder	createDocumentBuilder()
static <T> T	deserializeXMLStream(Class<T> c, InputStream is) A convenience method to turn XML in a stream into an object.
static <T> InputStream	serializeXMLFile(Class<T> c, Object object) A convenience method to turn an object into a stream of XML.
static <T> String	serializeXMLString(Class<T> c, Object object) A convenience method to turn an object into a string of XML.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

contextCache

public static final Hashtable<String,javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext> contextCache

Constructor Detail

JAXBuddy

public JAXBuddy()

Method Detail

createDocumentBuilder

public static DocumentBuilder createDocumentBuilder()
                                             throws Exception

Throws:

Exception

serializeXMLFile

public static <T> InputStream serializeXMLFile(Class<T> c,
                                               Object object)
                                    throws javax.xml.bind.JAXBException,
                                           IOException

A convenience method to turn an object into a stream of XML.

Parameters:

c - the class you're serializing

object - the object you're serializing

Returns:

an input stream to read the XML from

Throws:

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

IOException

serializeXMLString

public static <T> String serializeXMLString(Class<T> c,
                                            Object object)
                                 throws javax.xml.bind.JAXBException,
                                        IOException

A convenience method to turn an object into a string of XML.

Parameters:

c - the class you're serializing

object - the object you're serializing

Returns:

a string containing the XML

Throws:

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

IOException

deserializeXMLStream

public static <T> T deserializeXMLStream(Class<T> c,
                                         InputStream is)
                              throws javax.xml.bind.JAXBException,
                                     IOException,
                                     SAXException

A convenience method to turn XML in a stream into an object.

Parameters:

c - the class you're deserializing

is - the stream to read the XMl from

Returns:

an object representing the data from the stream

Throws:

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

IOException

SAXException

clearCache

public static void clearCache()

This method will clear the internal cache we use to speed up these util functions. Do we think anybody will need this method? no... Are we providing it to be nice to the anal retentive amongst us? yes.