Java tutorial
import java.beans.XMLDecoder; import java.io.BufferedInputStream; import java.io.FileInputStream; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { XMLDecoder decoder = new XMLDecoder(new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream("infilename.xml"))); MyClass o = (MyClass) decoder.readObject(); decoder.close(); int prop = o.getProp(); // 1 int[] props = o.getProps(); // [1, 2, 3] } } class MyClass { // The prop property int i; public int getProp() { return i; } public void setProp(int i) { this.i = i; } // The props property int[] iarray = new int[0]; public int[] getProps() { return iarray; } public void setProps(int[] iarray) { this.iarray = iarray; } } /* <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <java version="1.4.0" class="java.beans.XMLDecoder"> <object class="MyClass"> <void property="prop"> <int>1</int> </void> <void property="props"> <array class="int" length="3"> <void index="0"> <int>1</int> </void> <void index="1"> <int>2</int> </void> <void index="2"> <int>3</int> </void> </array> </void> </object> </java> */