Class ThrowableConverter

java.lang.Object

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.extended.ThrowableConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Converter, ConverterMatcher

public class ThrowableConverter
extends Object
implements Converter

Converter for Throwable (and Exception) that retains stack trace.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private Converter	defaultConverter
private final ConverterLookup	lookup

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ThrowableConverter(Converter defaultConverter)	Deprecated. As of 1.4.5 use ThrowableConverter(ConverterLookup)
ThrowableConverter(ConverterLookup lookup)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canConvert(Class type)	Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.
private Converter	getConverter()
void	marshal(Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer, MarshallingContext context)	Convert an object to textual data.
Object	unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader, UnmarshallingContext context)	Convert textual data back into an object.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

defaultConverter

private Converter defaultConverter

lookup

private final ConverterLookup lookup

Constructor Details

ThrowableConverter

public ThrowableConverter(Converter defaultConverter)

Deprecated.

As of 1.4.5 use ThrowableConverter(ConverterLookup)

ThrowableConverter

public ThrowableConverter(ConverterLookup lookup)

Since:

1.4.5

Method Details

canConvert

public boolean canConvert(Class type)

Description copied from interface: ConverterMatcher

Determines whether the converter can marshall a particular type.

Specified by:

canConvert in interface ConverterMatcher

Parameters:

type - the Class representing the object type to be converted

marshal

public void marshal(Object source,
 HierarchicalStreamWriter writer,
 MarshallingContext context)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Convert an object to textual data.

Specified by:

marshal in interface Converter

Parameters:

source - The object to be marshalled.

writer - A stream to write to.

context - A context that allows nested objects to be processed by XStream.

getConverter

private Converter getConverter()

unmarshal

public Object unmarshal(HierarchicalStreamReader reader,
 UnmarshallingContext context)

Description copied from interface: Converter

Convert textual data back into an object.

Specified by:

unmarshal in interface Converter

Parameters:

reader - The stream to read the text from.

context -

Returns:

The resulting object.