/**
* @param element The element.
* @return The object.
*/
public Object deserialize(Element element) throws XMLException {
String tagname = element.getTagName();
String classname = element.getAttribute("class"); // use class attribute...
if (classname == null || classname.equals("")) {
classname = getFactory().mapToClassname(tagname); // ... or preset-table
}
if (classname != null) {
Class cl;
try {
cl = this.getClass().getClassLoader().loadClass(classname);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
throw new XMLException("cannot load class " + classname);
}
Object o;
try {
o = cl.newInstance();
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new XMLException("cannot instanciate class " + classname);
}
XMLSerializable x = (XMLSerializable) o;
x.getXMLHandler().parseXML(element, this);
return x;
} else {
throw new XMLException("cannot deserialize, unknown tag <" + tagname + ">");
}
}
/**
* @param object The object.
* @param document The document.
* @return The element.
*/
public Element serialize(XMLSerializable object, Document document) {
Class cl = object.getClass();
String tagname;
tagname = getFactory().mapToTagname(cl.getName());
Element e = document.createElement(tagname);
object.getXMLHandler().toXML(e, this);
return e;
}