public interface ToDomConverter
Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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boolean |
toElement(ObjectWrapper wrapper, org.w3c.dom.Element element, java.lang.Class type, Object2Dom o2d)
Populates the specified
Element according to the state of the object in the ObjectWrapper using the specified Object2Dom instance for recursion. |
boolean |
toObject(ObjectWrapper wrapper, org.w3c.dom.Element element, java.lang.Class type, Object2Dom o2d)
Creates an object of the given
type that is represented by the contents of the specified Element parameter. |
boolean toElement(ObjectWrapper wrapper, org.w3c.dom.Element element, java.lang.Class type, Object2Dom o2d)
Element
according to the state of the object in the ObjectWrapper
using the specified Object2Dom
instance for recursion.
Implementations of this method should first check the specified type
to determine if conversion is supported for that type.
wrapper
- The ObjectWrapper
containing the object to be converted.element
- The parent Element
to which any newly created Element
s should be appended.type
- The Class
type of the object being converted to an Element
.o2d
- The Object2Dom
instance to use for recursion, if necessary.true
if the conversion from object to Element
occurred successfully; false
otherwise.boolean toObject(ObjectWrapper wrapper, org.w3c.dom.Element element, java.lang.Class type, Object2Dom o2d)
type
that is represented by the contents of the specified Element
parameter. The given Object2Dom
is used for recursing into other objects.
Implementations of this method should first check the specified type
to determine if conversion is supported for that type.
The object produced by this method must be set on the specified ObjectWrapper
before this method returns. Additionally, if the ObjectWrapper
already contains an object when this method is invoked, this method should unmarshal the specified Element
's state into the existing object rather than creating a new one, if possible.
wrapper
- The ObjectWrapper
that wraps the object that results from unmarshalling the specified Element
. If a pre-existing object is in the ObjectWrapper
, this method should attempt to unmarshal the Element
into the existing object rather than creating a new one.element
- The Element
which is being unmarshalled into an object.type
- The Class
type of the object being unmarshalled from an Element
.o2d
- The Object2Dom
instance to use for recursion, if necessary.true
if the conversion from Element
to object occurred successfully; false
otherwise.