net.authorize.util

Class XmlUtility

java.lang.Object

net.authorize.util.XmlUtility

public final class XmlUtility
extends Object

Helper methods for serializing and de-serializing to XML using JAXB

Author:

ramittal

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T extends Serializable> T	create(String xml, Class<T> classType) Helper method to de-serialize XML to an object.
static String	descapeStringForXml(String valueToDeserialize) Helper method to decode a string from XML string Returns the same string if null or empty
static String	escapeStringForXml(String valueToSerialize) Helper method to encode a string to XML Returns the same string if null or empty
static String	getRootElementXml(String xmlString) Removes the XML prologue
static <T extends Serializable> String	getRootElementXml(T entity) Removes the XML prologue
static <T extends Serializable> String	getXml(T entity) Helper method to serialize an object to XML.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getXml

public static <T extends Serializable> String getXml(T entity)
                                              throws IOException,
                                                     javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

Helper method to serialize an object to XML. Requires object to be Serializable

Type Parameters:

T - class that implements Serializable

Parameters:

entity - Object to serialize

Returns:

String XML representation of object

Throws:

IOException - if errors during serialization

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException - if errors during serialization

create

public static <T extends Serializable> T create(String xml,
                                                Class<T> classType)
                                         throws javax.xml.bind.JAXBException,
                                                ParserConfigurationException,
                                                SAXException

Helper method to de-serialize XML to an object. Requires object to be Serializable

Type Parameters:

T - class that implements Serializable

Parameters:

xml - object serialized into valid XML

classType - Class Type of the object to be de-serialized into

Returns:

T De-serialized object

Throws:

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException - if errors during de-serialization

ParserConfigurationException

SAXException

escapeStringForXml

public static String escapeStringForXml(String valueToSerialize)

Helper method to encode a string to XML Returns the same string if null or empty

Parameters:

valueToSerialize - string value to encode into xml

Returns:

xml encoded string

descapeStringForXml

public static String descapeStringForXml(String valueToDeserialize)

Helper method to decode a string from XML string Returns the same string if null or empty

Parameters:

valueToDeserialize - string value to decode from xml

Returns:

string decoded from xml

getRootElementXml

public static <T extends Serializable> String getRootElementXml(T entity)

Removes the XML prologue

Parameters:

entity - object to remove prologue

Returns:

String String XML representation of root element xml without prologue

getRootElementXml

public static String getRootElementXml(String xmlString)

Removes the XML prologue

Parameters:

xmlString - string to remove prologue

Returns:

String root element xml without prologue