com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections
Class TreeMapConverter

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter
      extended by com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter
          extended by com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.TreeMapConverter
All Implemented Interfaces:
Converter, ConverterMatcher

public class TreeMapConverter
extends MapConverter

Converts a java.util.TreeMap to XML, and serializes the associated java.util.Comparator. The converter assumes that the entries in the XML are already sorted according the comparator.

Author:
Joe Walnes, Jörg Schaible

Constructor Summary
TreeMapConverter(Mapper mapper)
           
 
Method Summary
 boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)
          Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
 void marshal(java.lang.Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context)
          Convert an object to textual data.
 java.lang.Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context)
          Convert textual data back into an object.
 
Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter
populateMap
 
Methods inherited from class com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter
createCollection, mapper, readItem, writeItem
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

TreeMapConverter

public TreeMapConverter(Mapper mapper)
Method Detail

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(java.lang.Class type)
Description copied from interface: ConverterMatcher
Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Specified by:
canConvert in interface ConverterMatcher
Overrides:
canConvert in class MapConverter
Parameters:
type - the Class representing the object type to be converted

marshal

public void marshal(java.lang.Object source,
                    HierarchicalStreamWriter writer,
                    MarshallingContext context)
Description copied from interface: Converter
Convert an object to textual data.

Specified by:
marshal in interface Converter
Overrides:
marshal in class MapConverter
Parameters:
source - The object to be marshalled.
writer - A stream to write to.
context - A context that allows nested objects to be processed by XStream.

unmarshal

public java.lang.Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
                                  UnmarshallingContext context)
Description copied from interface: Converter
Convert textual data back into an object.

Specified by:
unmarshal in interface Converter
Overrides:
unmarshal in class MapConverter
Parameters:
reader - The stream to read the text from.
Returns:
The resulting object.


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