Interface IMarshallingContext

All Known Implementing Classes:
MarshallingContext

public interface IMarshallingContext
User interface for serializer to XML. This provides methods used to set up and control the marshalling process, as well as access to the marshalling object stack while marshalling.
Author:
Dennis M. Sosnoski
  • Method Details

    • setOutput

      void setOutput(OutputStream outs, String enc, ICharacterEscaper esc) throws JiBXException
      Set output stream with encoding and escaper. This forces handling of the output stream to use the Java character encoding support with the supplied escaper.
      Parameters:
      outs - stream for document data output
      enc - document output encoding, or null uses UTF-8 default
      esc - escaper for writing characters to stream
      Throws:
      JiBXException - if error setting output
    • setOutput

      void setOutput(OutputStream outs, String enc) throws JiBXException
      Set output stream and encoding.
      Parameters:
      outs - stream for document data output
      enc - document output encoding, or null uses UTF-8 default
      Throws:
      JiBXException - if error setting output
    • setOutput

      void setOutput(Writer outw, ICharacterEscaper esc)
      Set output writer and escaper.
      Parameters:
      outw - writer for document data output
      esc - escaper for writing characters
    • setOutput

      void setOutput(Writer outw)
      Set output writer. This assumes the standard UTF-8 encoding.
      Parameters:
      outw - writer for document data output
    • getXmlWriter

      IXMLWriter getXmlWriter()
      Get the writer being used for output.
      Returns:
      XML writer used for output
    • setXmlWriter

      void setXmlWriter(IXMLWriter xwrite)
      Set the writer being used for output.
      Parameters:
      xwrite - XML writer used for output
    • getIndent

      int getIndent()
      Get current nesting indent spaces. This returns the number of spaces used to show indenting, if used.
      Returns:
      number of spaces indented per level, or negative if indentation disabled
    • setIndent

      void setIndent(int count)
      Set nesting indent spaces. This is advisory only, and implementations of this interface are free to ignore it. The intent is to indicate that the generated output should use indenting to illustrate element nesting.
      Parameters:
      count - number of spaces to indent per level, or disable indentation if negative
    • setIndent

      void setIndent(int count, String newline, char indent)
      Set nesting indentation. This is advisory only, and implementations of this interface are free to ignore it. The intent is to indicate that the generated output should use indenting to illustrate element nesting.
      Parameters:
      count - number of character to indent per level, or disable indentation if negative (zero means new line only)
      newline - sequence of characters used for a line ending (null means use the single character '\n')
      indent - whitespace character used for indentation
    • reset

      void reset()
      Reset to initial state for reuse. The context is serially reusable, as long as this method is called to clear any retained state information between uses. It is automatically called when output is set.
    • startDocument

      void startDocument(String enc, Boolean alone) throws JiBXException
      Start document, writing the XML declaration. This can only be validly called immediately following one of the set output methods; otherwise the output document will be corrupt.
      Parameters:
      enc - document encoding, null uses UTF-8 default
      alone - standalone document flag, null if not specified
      Throws:
      JiBXException - on any error (possibly wrapping other exception)
    • startDocument

      void startDocument(String enc, Boolean alone, OutputStream outs) throws JiBXException
      Start document with output stream and encoding. The effect is the same as from first setting the output stream and encoding, then making the call to start document.
      Parameters:
      enc - document encoding, null uses UTF-8 default
      alone - standalone document flag, null if not specified
      outs - stream for document data output
      Throws:
      JiBXException - on any error (possibly wrapping other exception)
    • startDocument

      void startDocument(String enc, Boolean alone, Writer outw) throws JiBXException
      Start document with writer. The effect is the same as from first setting the writer, then making the call to start document.
      Parameters:
      enc - document encoding, null uses UTF-8 default
      alone - standalone document flag, null if not specified
      outw - writer for document data output
      Throws:
      JiBXException - on any error (possibly wrapping other exception)
    • endDocument

      void endDocument() throws JiBXException
      End document. Finishes all output and closes the document. Note that if this is called with an imcomplete marshalling the result will not be well-formed XML.
      Throws:
      JiBXException - on any error (possibly wrapping other exception)
    • marshalDocument

      void marshalDocument(Object root) throws JiBXException
      Marshal document from root object without XML declaration. This can only be validly called immediately following one of the set output methods; otherwise the output document will be corrupt. The effect of this method is the same as the sequence of a call to marshal the root object using this context followed by a call to endDocument().
      Parameters:
      root - object at root of structure to be marshalled, which must have a top-level mapping in the binding
      Throws:
      JiBXException - on any error (possibly wrapping other exception)
    • marshalDocument

      void marshalDocument(Object root, String enc, Boolean alone) throws JiBXException
      Marshal document from root object. This can only be validly called immediately following one of the set output methods; otherwise the output document will be corrupt. The effect of this method is the same as the sequence of a call to startDocument(String, Boolean), a call to marshal the root object using this context, and finally a call to endDocument().
      Parameters:
      root - object at root of structure to be marshalled, which must have a top-level mapping in the binding
      enc - document encoding, null uses UTF-8 default
      alone - standalone document flag, null if not specified
      Throws:
      JiBXException - on any error (possibly wrapping other exception)
    • marshalDocument

      void marshalDocument(Object root, String enc, Boolean alone, OutputStream outs) throws JiBXException
      Marshal document from root object to output stream with encoding. The effect of this method is the same as the sequence of a call to startDocument(String, Boolean), a call to marshal the root object using this context, and finally a call to endDocument().
      Parameters:
      root - object at root of structure to be marshalled, which must have a top-level mapping in the binding
      enc - document encoding, null uses UTF-8 default
      alone - standalone document flag, null if not specified
      outs - stream for document data output
      Throws:
      JiBXException - on any error (possibly wrapping other exception)
    • marshalDocument

      void marshalDocument(Object root, String enc, Boolean alone, Writer outw) throws JiBXException
      Marshal document from root object to writer. The effect of this method is the same as the sequence of a call to startDocument(String, Boolean), a call to marshal the root object using this context, and finally a call to endDocument().
      Parameters:
      root - object at root of structure to be marshalled, which must have a top-level mapping in the binding
      enc - document encoding, null uses UTF-8 default
      alone - standalone document flag, null if not specified
      outw - writer for document data output
      Throws:
      JiBXException - on any error (possibly wrapping other exception)
    • setUserContext

      void setUserContext(Object obj)
      Set a user context object. This context object is not used directly by JiBX, but can be accessed by all types of user extension methods. The context object is automatically cleared by the reset() method, so to make use of this you need to first call the appropriate version of the setOutput() method, then this method, and finally one of the marshalDocument methods which uses the previously-set output (not the ones which take a stream or writer as parameter, since they call setOutput() themselves).
      Parameters:
      obj - user context object, or null if clearing existing context object
      See Also:
    • getUserContext

      Object getUserContext()
      Get the user context object.
      Returns:
      user context object, or null if no context object set
      See Also:
    • pushObject

      void pushObject(Object obj)
      Push created object to marshalling stack. This must be called before beginning the marshalling of the object. It is only called for objects with structure, not for those converted directly to and from text.
      Parameters:
      obj - object being marshalled
    • popObject

      void popObject() throws JiBXException
      Pop marshalled object from stack.
      Throws:
      JiBXException - if no object on stack
    • getStackDepth

      int getStackDepth()
      Get current marshalling object stack depth. This allows tracking nested calls to marshal one object while in the process of marshalling another object. The bottom item on the stack is always the root object of the marshalling.
      Returns:
      number of objects in marshalling stack
    • getStackObject

      Object getStackObject(int depth)
      Get object from marshalling stack. This stack allows tracking nested calls to marshal one object while in the process of marshalling another object. The bottom item on the stack is always the root object of the marshalling.
      Parameters:
      depth - object depth in stack to be retrieved (must be in the range of zero to the current depth minus one).
      Returns:
      object from marshalling stack
    • getStackTop

      Object getStackTop()
      Get top object on marshalling stack. This is safe to call even when no objects are on the stack.
      Returns:
      object from marshalling stack, or null if none
    • getMarshaller

      IMarshaller getMarshaller(String mapname) throws JiBXException
      Find the marshaller for a particular class in the current context.
      Parameters:
      mapname - marshaller mapping name (generally the class name to be handled, or abstract mapping type name)
      Returns:
      marshalling handler for class
      Throws:
      JiBXException - on any error (possibly wrapping other exception)
    • pushNamespaces

      void pushNamespaces(String factname)
      Use namespace indexes from a separate binding, as identified by that binding's factory class name. The target binding must be a precompiled base binding of the binding used to create this marshalling context, either directly or by way of some other precompiled base binding(s).
      Parameters:
      factname - binding factory class name for binding defining namespaces
    • popNamespaces

      void popNamespaces()
      End use of namespace indexes from a separate binding. This will undo the effect of the most-recent call to pushNamespaces(String), restoring whatever namespace usage was in effect prior to that call.