Package org.openbravo.dal.xml

Class XMLTypeConverter

java.lang.Object

org.openbravo.dal.xml.XMLTypeConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

OBProvidable, OBSingleton

public class XMLTypeConverter
extends Object
implements OBSingleton

Converts primitive types to a XML representation and back. NOTE: class is deprecated, use the PrimitiveDomainType interface which can be obtained from the Property.getDomainType().

Author:

mtaal

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
XMLTypeConverter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> T	fromXML(Class<T> targetClass, String xml)	Converts an xml String back to a primitive type java Object.
static XMLTypeConverter	getInstance()
static void	setInstance(XMLTypeConverter instance)
String	toXML(Boolean b)
String	toXML(Number number)
String	toXML(Object o)	Returns an empty string if the object is null.
String	toXML(String str)
String	toXML(Date dt)	Returns the String format of a Date, the standard xml format is used: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.S'Z'
String	toXMLSchemaType(Class<?> targetClass)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XMLTypeConverter

public XMLTypeConverter()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static XMLTypeConverter getInstance()

setInstance

public static void setInstance(XMLTypeConverter instance)

toXML

public String toXML(Date dt)

Returns the String format of a Date, the standard xml format is used: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.S'Z'

Parameters:

dt - the Date to format

Returns:

the String representation of the Date in xml format

toXML

public String toXML(Number number)

Returns:

numbers are converted using the Number.toString method

toXML

public String toXML(String str)

Returns:

the parameter str is returned without changing it

toXML

public String toXML(Boolean b)

Returns:

the result of the b.toString() method is returned

toXML

public String toXML(Object o)

Returns an empty string if the object is null. In other cases the call is forwarded to one of the other toXML methods in this class.

Parameters:

o - the value to convert to a String XML representation

Returns:

the String XML representation

fromXML

public <T> T fromXML(Class<T> targetClass,
                     String xml)

Converts an xml String back to a primitive type java Object. If the xml string has lenght zero then null is returned.

Parameters:

targetClass - the class of the primitive type (e.g. String.class, Float.class)

xml - the xml string to convert

Returns:

the converted object

toXMLSchemaType

public String toXMLSchemaType(Class<?> targetClass)

Returns:

the XML Schema type which matches the targetClass parameter