Java XML JAXB Unmarshaller unmarshal(T entity)

Description

unmarshal

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
T	the type to serialize
c	the class of the type to serialize
entity	the instance containing the data to serialize

Exception

Parameter	Description
Exception	an exception

Return

a string representation of the data.

Declaration

public static <T> String unmarshal(T entity) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @param <T>
     *            the type to serialize
     * @param c
     *            the class of the type to serialize
     * @param entity
     *            the instance containing the data to serialize
     * @return a string representation of the data.
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static <T> String unmarshal(T entity) throws Exception {
        JAXBContext ctx = JAXBContext.newInstance(entity.getClass());
        Marshaller marshaller = ctx.createMarshaller();
        StringWriter entityXml = new StringWriter();
        marshaller.marshal(entity, entityXml);
        String entityString = entityXml.toString();
        return entityString;
    }

    /**
     * @param <T>
     *            the type we want to convert the XML into
     * @param entityClass
     *            the class of the parameterized type
     * @param xml
     *            the instance XML description
     * @return a deserialization of the XML into an object of type T of class
     *         class <T>
     * @throws JAXBException
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T marshal(Class<T> entityClass, String xml)
            throws JAXBException {
        T res;
        if (entityClass == xml.getClass()) {
            res = (T) xml;
        } else {
            JAXBContext ctx = JAXBContext.newInstance(entityClass);
            Unmarshaller marshaller = ctx.createUnmarshaller();
            res = (T) marshaller.unmarshal(new StringReader(xml));
        }
        return res;
    }
}

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