// Serialize the bean using the specified namespace prefix & uri
public String serialize(Object bean) throws IntrospectionException, IllegalAccessException {
// Use the class name as the name of the root element
String className = bean.getClass().getName();
String rootElementName = null;
if (bean.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(ObjectXmlAlias.class)) {
AnnotatedElement annotatedElement = bean.getClass();
ObjectXmlAlias aliasAnnotation = annotatedElement.getAnnotation(ObjectXmlAlias.class);
rootElementName = aliasAnnotation.value();
}
// Use the package name as the namespace URI
Package pkg = bean.getClass().getPackage();
nsURI = pkg.getName();
// Remove a trailing semi-colon (;) if present (i.e. if the bean is an array)
className = StringUtils.deleteTrailingChar(className, ';');
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(className);
String objectName = sb.delete(0, sb.lastIndexOf(".") + 1).toString();
domDocument = createDomDocument(objectName);
document = domDocument.getDocument();
Element root = document.getDocumentElement();
// Parse the bean elements
getBeanElements(root, rootElementName, className, bean);
StringBuffer xml = new StringBuffer();
if (prettyPrint)
xml.append(domDocument.serialize(lineSeperator, indentChars, includeXmlProlog));
else xml.append(domDocument.serialize(includeXmlProlog));
if (!includeTypeInfo) {
int index = xml.indexOf(root.getNodeName());
xml.delete(index - 1, index + root.getNodeName().length() + 2);
xml.delete(xml.length() - root.getNodeName().length() - 4, xml.length());
}
return xml.toString();
}
/* PRIVATE METHODS */
private DOMDocument createDomDocument(String rootName) {
DOMDocument domDocument = new DOMDocument(nsURI, rootName, null);
Document document = domDocument.getDocument();
Element root = document.getDocumentElement();
if (includeTypeInfo) {
root.setAttributeNS(
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI,
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE + ":" + nsPrefix,
nsURI);
root.setAttributeNS(
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI,
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE + ":" + NamespaceConstants.NSPREFIX_SCHEMA_XSD,
NamespaceConstants.NSURI_SCHEMA_XSD);
root.setAttributeNS(
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI,
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE + ":" + NamespaceConstants.NSPREFIX_SCHEMA_XSI,
NamespaceConstants.NSURI_SCHEMA_XSI);
root.setAttributeNS(
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI,
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE + ":" + NamespaceConstants.NSPREFIX_SOAP_ENCODING,
NamespaceConstants.NSURI_SOAP_ENCODING);
root.setAttributeNS(
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE_NS_URI,
XMLConstants.XMLNS_ATTRIBUTE + ":" + Constants.NS_PREFIX_XMLSOAP,
Constants.NS_URI_XMLSOAP);
}
return domDocument;
}
/**
* Reads an XML document from an input source and copies its values into the specified object
*
* @param ob The object to receive the values
* @param source The location of the XML document
* @throws IOException If there is an error reading the document
*/
public void readObject(Object ob, InputSource source) throws IOException {
try {
// Create a document builder to read the document
DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();
// Read the document
Document doc = builder.parse(source);
// Get the root element
Element element = doc.getDocumentElement();
// Copy the root element into the bean
readObject(ob, element);
} catch (SAXException exc) {
throw new IOException("Error parsing XML document: " + exc.toString());
} catch (ParserConfigurationException exc) {
throw new IOException("Error parsing XML document: " + exc.toString());
}
}