dsto.dfc.databeans.io
Class XmlDefaultDecoder

java.lang.Object
  dsto.dfc.databeans.io.XmlDefaultDecoder

All Implemented Interfaces:

XmlDecoder

public class XmlDefaultDecoder
extends Object
implements XmlDecoder

Default fallback XML decoder which decodes the element forms generated by XmlDefaultEncoder.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

mpp

See Also:

XmlDefaultEncoder

Constructor Summary

XmlDefaultDecoder()

Method Summary

Object	decode(XmlDecodeContext context, org.jdom.Element element) Decode an XML representation into a value.
protected Object	decodeArray(XmlDecodeContext context, org.jdom.Element element) Decode an array.
protected Object	decodeArrayChildren(XmlDecodeContext context, org.jdom.Element element, Class valueType) Decode an array encoded using nested child elements.
protected Object	decodeArrayValue(XmlDecodeContext context, org.jdom.Element element, Class valueType, String value) Decode an array encoded as the as a comma-delimited "value" attribute.
protected Object	decodeText(XmlDecodeContext context, org.jdom.Element element) Decode a text value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XmlDefaultDecoder

public XmlDefaultDecoder()

Method Detail

decode

public Object decode(XmlDecodeContext context,
                     org.jdom.Element element)
              throws IllegalArgumentException,
                     ClassNotFoundException

Description copied from interface: XmlDecoder

Decode an XML representation into a value.

Specified by:

decode in interface XmlDecoder

Parameters:

context - The decode context.

element - The element to decode.

Returns:

The new object.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an error is found in the structure of the document.

ClassNotFoundException - if a referenced class cannot be found.

decodeArray

protected Object decodeArray(XmlDecodeContext context,
                             org.jdom.Element element)
                      throws ClassNotFoundException,
                             IllegalArgumentException

Decode an array.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

IllegalArgumentException

decodeArrayChildren

protected Object decodeArrayChildren(XmlDecodeContext context,
                                     org.jdom.Element element,
                                     Class valueType)
                              throws ClassNotFoundException,
                                     IllegalArgumentException

Decode an array encoded using nested child elements.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException

IllegalArgumentException

decodeArrayValue

protected Object decodeArrayValue(XmlDecodeContext context,
                                  org.jdom.Element element,
                                  Class valueType,
                                  String value)

Decode an array encoded as the as a comma-delimited "value" attribute.

decodeText

protected Object decodeText(XmlDecodeContext context,
                            org.jdom.Element element)
                     throws IllegalArgumentException,
                            ClassNotFoundException

Decode a text value.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

ClassNotFoundException