nextapp.echo.app.serial
Class SerialUtil

java.lang.Object
  nextapp.echo.app.serial.SerialUtil

public class SerialUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Serialization utilities.

Constructor Summary

SerialUtil()

Method Summary

static void

toXml(Context context, java.lang.Class objectClass, org.w3c.dom.Element parentElement, java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object propertyValue) Translates an arbitrary property to XML.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SerialUtil

public SerialUtil()

Method Detail

toXml

public static void toXml(Context context,
                         java.lang.Class objectClass,
                         org.w3c.dom.Element parentElement,
                         java.lang.String propertyName,
                         java.lang.Object propertyValue)
                  throws SerialException

Translates an arbitrary property to XML. The appropriate peer for the property will be retrieved and the property will be handed to it for processing. An XML representation of the property will be added as a child to the specified parentElement.

Parameters:

context - the relevant Context (must provide a SerialContext and a PropertyPeerFactory)

objectClass - the class on which the property is set.

parentElement - the XML element to which the property value's XML representation will be added as a child

propertyName - the name of the property

propertyValue - the value of the property

Throws:

SerialException