com.huguesjohnson.serialization
Class XmlFormatter

java.lang.Object
  com.huguesjohnson.serialization.XmlFormatter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Formatter

public class XmlFormatter

extends java.lang.Object

implements Formatter

XmlFormatter - Stores objects to an XML file

Author:

Hugues Johnson

Constructor Summary

XmlFormatter()

Method Summary

Storable	loadFrom(java.lang.String sourcePath) Loads an object from the specified source path.
void	saveTo(Storable object, java.lang.String outputPath) Saves the object to the output path.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

XmlFormatter

public XmlFormatter()

Method Detail

loadFrom

public Storable loadFrom(java.lang.String sourcePath)
                  throws StorageException

Loads an object from the specified source path.

Specified by:

loadFrom in interface Formatter

Parameters:

sourcePath - The path to load the object from.

Returns:

The object stored at the specified path.

Throws:

StorageException - If the load operation fails for any reason.

saveTo

public void saveTo(Storable object,
                   java.lang.String outputPath)
            throws StorageException

Saves the object to the output path.

Specified by:

saveTo in interface Formatter

Parameters:

object - The object to save.

outputPath - The path to save the object to.

Throws:

StorageException - If the save operation fails for any reason.