gate.corpora

Class ObjectWrapper

java.lang.Object

gate.corpora.ObjectWrapper

public class ObjectWrapper
extends Object

Class used to wrap arbitrary values prior to saving as GATE XML. The toString() method uses XStream to serialise the ObjectWrapper as XML; while the ObjectWrapper(String) constructor performs the reverse, parsing the previously saved XML and re-creating the wrapped value.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger	log
protected Object	value The value being wrapped.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ObjectWrapper(Object value) Wraps an arbitrary value, which must be serialisable by XStream.
ObjectWrapper(String xmlSerialisation) De-serialises an ObjectWrapper instance from a string previously obtained by calling toString().

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getValue() Gets the wrapped value.
String	toString() Produces an XML serialisation of this ObjectWrapper instance, that can be deserialised by using the ObjectWrapper(String) constructor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

value

protected Object value

The value being wrapped.

log

protected static final org.apache.log4j.Logger log

Constructor Detail

ObjectWrapper

public ObjectWrapper(Object value)

Wraps an arbitrary value, which must be serialisable by XStream.

Parameters:

value - any of any class that can be XML-serialised by XStream.

ObjectWrapper

public ObjectWrapper(String xmlSerialisation)

De-serialises an ObjectWrapper instance from a string previously obtained by calling toString().

Parameters:

xmlSerialisation - the XML string representing the saved ObjectWrapper instance.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Produces an XML serialisation of this ObjectWrapper instance, that can be deserialised by using the ObjectWrapper(String) constructor.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()

getValue

public Object getValue()

Gets the wrapped value.

Returns:

the value