/**
* Method to create location from XML representation
*
* @param xml the XML representation of the location
* @return true if successful, false otherwise
*/
public final boolean setLocationFromXML(String xml) {
if (xml == null) return true;
// try to deserialize the location from XML
try {
GeoLocation location = GlobalSerializer.fromXML(GeoLocation.class, xml);
setLocation(location);
return true;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return false;
}
/**
* Method to create data from XML
*
* @param dataType the data type class name
* @param xml the XML representation of the data
* @return true if successful, false otherwise
*/
public final boolean setDataFromXML(String dataType, String xml) {
// try to deserialize the given data type from XML
Class<?> c;
try {
c = Class.forName(dataType);
Object object = GlobalSerializer.fromXML(c, xml);
if (object instanceof SampleData) {
// we got valid data
setData((SampleData) object);
return true;
}
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return false;
}
/*
* (non-Javadoc)
*
* @see de.unikassel.android.sdcframework.data.SerializableDataImpl#toXML()
*/
@Override
public final String toXML() throws Exception {
return GlobalSerializer.toXml(this);
}
