ch.sahits.codegen.wizards
Interface IXMLSerializer

public interface IXMLSerializer

This interface defines the functionality a XML serialisation class must provide.

Since:

1.1.0

Author:

Andi Hotz

Method Summary

boolean	checkFileVersion() Check if the xml version of the file matches with the one of the parser
IInputObjectModel	deserialize() Generate a ch.sahits.codegen.java.internal.wizards.IGeneratedClass that also implements IInputObjectModelfrom the XML file
java.lang.String	getParserName() Retrieve the name of this parser
void	init(java.lang.String inputFile) Initialize the parser This method must be called before any acces to the elements in the XML file is possible.
void	serialize(IInputObjectModel genClass) Serialize the GeneratedClass object into the xml file

Method Detail

getParserName

java.lang.String getParserName()

Retrieve the name of this parser

Returns:

the class name

deserialize

IInputObjectModel deserialize()

Generate a ch.sahits.codegen.java.internal.wizards.IGeneratedClass that also implements IInputObjectModelfrom the XML file

Returns:

ch.sahits.codegen.java.internal.wizards.IGeneratedClass

serialize

void serialize(IInputObjectModel genClass)

Serialize the GeneratedClass object into the xml file

Parameters:

genClass - object to be serialized

checkFileVersion

boolean checkFileVersion()

Check if the xml version of the file matches with the one of the parser

Returns:

true if both versions are equal

init

void init(java.lang.String inputFile)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Initialize the parser
This method must be called before any acces to the elements in the XML file is possible.

Parameters:

inputFile - Input parser

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - one of the following

JDOMException - Could not create a SAX parser

java.io.IOException - Could not read from input file

java.net.MalformedURLException - malformed input file