org.dom4j.jaxb
Class JAXBWriter

java.lang.Object
  org.dom4j.jaxb.JAXBSupport
      org.dom4j.jaxb.JAXBWriter

public class JAXBWriter

extends org.dom4j.jaxb.JAXBSupport

Writes Elementobjects to an XML stream. Element instances can be created using the ObjectFactory that is generated by the JAXB compiler.

Author:

Wonne Keysers (Realsoftware.be)

See Also:

XMLWriter, JAXBContext

JAXBWriter

public JAXBWriter(String contextPath)

Creates a new JAXBWriter for the given JAXB context path. This is the Java package where JAXB can find the generated XML classes. This package MUST contain jaxb.properties!

Parameters:

contextPath - JAXB context path to be used

See Also:

JAXBContext

JAXBWriter

public JAXBWriter(String contextPath,
                  OutputFormat outputFormat)

Creates a new JAXBWriter for the given JAXB context path. The specied OutputFormatwill be used for writing the XML stream.

Parameters:

contextPath - JAXB context path to be used

outputFormat - the DOM4J OutputFormatto be used

See Also:

JAXBContext

JAXBWriter

public JAXBWriter(String contextPath,
                  ClassLoader classloader)

Creates a new JAXBWriter for the given JAXB context path, using the specified Classloader. (This is the Java package where JAXB can find the generated XML classes. This package MUST contain jaxb.properties!)

Parameters:

contextPath - JAXB context path to be used

classloader - the classloader to be used for loading JAXB

See Also:

JAXBContext

JAXBWriter

public JAXBWriter(String contextPath,
                  ClassLoader classloader,
                  OutputFormat outputFormat)

Creates a new JAXBWriter for the given JAXB context path, using the specified Classloader. The specied OutputFormat will be used while writing the XML stream.

Parameters:

contextPath - JAXB context path to be used

classloader - the class loader to be used to load JAXB

outputFormat - the DOM4J OutputFormatto be used

See Also:

JAXBContext

getOutputFormat

public OutputFormat getOutputFormat()

Returns the OutputFormat that will be used when writing the XML stream.

Returns:

Returns the output format.

setOutput

public void setOutput(File file)
               throws IOException

Defines to write the resulting output to the specified File.

Parameters:

file - file to write to

Throws:

IOException - when the file cannot be found

setOutput

public void setOutput(OutputStream outputStream)
               throws IOException

Defines to write the resulting output to the specified OutputStream

Parameters:

outputStream - outputStream to write to.

Throws:

IOException - DOCUMENT ME!

setOutput

public void setOutput(Writer writer)
               throws IOException

Defines to write the resulting output to the specified Writer.

Parameters:

writer - writer to write to

Throws:

IOException

startDocument

public void startDocument()
                   throws IOException,
                          SAXException

Start a document by writing the initial XML declaration to the output. This must be done prior to writing any other elements.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occured while writing the output

SAXException - thrown by the underlying SAX driver

endDocument

public void endDocument()
                 throws IOException,
                        SAXException

Stop writing the document to the output. This must be done when all other elements are finished.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occured while writing the output

SAXException - thrown by the underlying SAX driver

write

public void write(javax.xml.bind.Element jaxbObject)
           throws IOException,
                  javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

Writes the specified Elementto the document. Elementinstances can be created using the ObjectFactory that is generated by the JAXB compiler.

Parameters:

jaxbObject -

Throws:

IOException - if an error occured while writing the output

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException - when an error occured while marshalling the jaxbObject

writeClose

public void writeClose(javax.xml.bind.Element jaxbObject)
                throws IOException,
                       javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

Writes the closing tag of the specified Elementto the document. This method can be used for writing Element instances can be created using the ObjectFactory that is generated by the JAXB compiler.

Parameters:

jaxbObject - the JAXB element to write

Throws:

IOException - if an error occured while writing the output

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException - when an error occured while marshalling the jaxbObject

writeOpen

public void writeOpen(javax.xml.bind.Element jaxbObject)
               throws IOException,
                      javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

Writes the opening tag of the specified Elementto the document. Elementinstances can be created using the ObjectFactory that is generated by the JAXB compiler.

Parameters:

jaxbObject - the JAXB element to write

Throws:

IOException - if an error occured while writing the output

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException - when an error occured while marshalling the jaxbObject

writeElement

public void writeElement(Element element)
                  throws IOException

Writes the specified Elementto the document.

Parameters:

element - the Elementto write

Throws:

IOException - if an error occured while writing the output

writeCloseElement

public void writeCloseElement(Element element)
                       throws IOException

Writes the closing tag of the specified Elementto the document.

Parameters:

element - the Elementto write

Throws:

IOException - if an error occured while writing the output

writeOpenElement

public void writeOpenElement(Element element)
                      throws IOException

Writes the opening tag of the specified Elementto the document.

Parameters:

element - the Elementto write

Throws:

IOException - if an error occured while writing the output

marshal

protected Element marshal(javax.xml.bind.Element element)
                   throws javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

Marshals the given Elementin to its DOM4J counterpart.

Parameters:

element - JAXB Element to be marshalled

Returns:

the marshalled DOM4J Element

Throws:

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException - when an error occurs

unmarshal

protected javax.xml.bind.Element unmarshal(Element element)
                                    throws javax.xml.bind.JAXBException

Unmarshalls the specified DOM4J Elementinto a Element

Parameters:

element - the DOM4J element to unmarshall

Returns:

the unmarshalled JAXB object

Throws:

javax.xml.bind.JAXBException - when an error occurs