org.apache.axis.encoding

Class SerializationContext

Implemented Interfaces:
SerializationContext
Known Direct Subclasses:
AttributeSerializationContextImpl, TextSerializationContext

public class SerializationContext
extends java.lang.Object
implements SerializationContext

Manage a serialization, including keeping track of namespace mappings and element stacks.
Authors:
Glen Daniels (gdaniels@apache.org)
Rich Scheuerle

Field Summary

protected static Log
log
protected boolean
startOfDocument
The flag whether the XML decl should be written

Constructor Summary

SerializationContext(Writer writer)
Construct SerializationContext with associated writer
SerializationContext(Writer writer, MessageContext msgContext)
Construct SerializationContext with associated writer and MessageContext

Method Summary

String
attributeQName2String(QName qName)
Convert attribute QName to a string of the form : There are slightly different rules for attributes: - There is no default namespace - any attribute in a namespace must have a prefix
void
endElement()
Writes the end element tag for the open element.
Message
getCurrentMessage()
Return the current message
QName
getCurrentXMLType()
Get the currently prefered xmlType
boolean
getDoMultiRefs()
Are we doing multirefs?
XMLEncoder
getEncoder()
String
getEncoding()
get the encoding for the serialization
String
getEncodingStyle()
Returns this context's encoding style.
QName
getItemQName()
QName
getItemType()
MessageContext
getMessageContext()
Get the MessageContext we're operating with
String
getPrefixForURI(String uri)
Get a prefix for a namespace URI.
String
getPrefixForURI(String uri, String defaultPrefix)
Get a prefix for the given namespace URI.
String
getPrefixForURI(String uri, String defaultPrefix, boolean attribute)
Get a prefix for the given namespace URI.
boolean
getPretty()
Get whether the serialization should be pretty printed.
QName
getQNameForClass(Class cls)
Get the QName associated with the specified class.
Serializer
getSerializerForJavaType(Class javaType)
Convenience method to get the Serializer for a specific java type
TypeMapping
getTypeMapping()
Get the TypeMapping we're using.
TypeMappingRegistry
getTypeMappingRegistry()
Get the TypeMappingRegistry we're using.
String
getValueAsString(Object value, QName xmlType, Class javaClass)
boolean
isEncoded()
Returns whether this context should be encoded or not.
boolean
isPrimitive(Object value)
Indicates whether the object should be interpretted as a primitive for the purposes of multi-ref processing.
void
outputMultiRefs()
The serialize method uses hrefs to reference all non-primitive values.
String
qName2String(QName qName)
String
qName2String(QName qName, boolean writeNS)
Convert QName to a string of the form :
void
registerPrefixForURI(String prefix, String uri)
Register prefix for the indicated uri
void
serialize(QName elemQName, Attributes attributes, Object value)
Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName.
void
serialize(QName elemQName, Attributes attributes, Object value, QName xmlType)
Deprecated. use serialize(QName, Attributes, Object, QName, Class) instead
void
serialize(QName elemQName, Attributes attributes, Object value, QName xmlType, Boolean sendNull, Boolean sendType)
Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName.
void
serialize(QName elemQName, Attributes attributes, Object value, QName xmlType, Class javaType)
Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName.
void
serialize(QName elemQName, Attributes attributes, Object value, QName xmlType, Class javaClass, Boolean sendNull, Boolean sendType)
Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName.
void
serialize(QName elemQName, Attributes attributes, Object value, QName xmlType, boolean sendNull, Boolean sendType)
Deprecated. use serialize(QName, Attributes, Object, QName, Boolean, Boolean) instead.
void
setDoMultiRefs(boolean shouldDo)
Set whether we are doing multirefs
void
setEncoding(String encoding)
set the encoding for the serialization
void
setItemQName(QName itemQName)
void
setItemType(QName itemType)
void
setPretty(boolean pretty)
Indicate whether the serialization should be pretty printed.
void
setSendDecl(boolean sendDecl)
Set whether or not we should write XML declarations.
Attributes
setTypeAttribute(Attributes attributes, QName type)
Obtains the type attribute that should be serialized and returns the new list of Attributes
void
setWriteXMLType(QName type)
boolean
shouldSendXSIType()
Get whether or not to write xsi:type attributes.
void
startElement(QName qName, Attributes attributes)
Writes (using the Writer) the start tag for element QName along with the indicated attributes and namespace mappings.
void
writeChars(char[] p1, int p2, int p3)
Convenience operation to write out (to Writer) the characters in p1 starting at index p2 for length p3.
void
writeDOMElement(Element el)
Output a DOM representation to a SerializationContext
void
writeSafeString(String string)
Convenience operation to write out (to Writer) the String properly encoded with xml entities (like &amp)
void
writeString(String string)
Convenience operation to write out (to Writer) the String
void
writeXMLDeclaration()

Field Details

log

protected static Log log

startOfDocument

protected boolean startOfDocument
The flag whether the XML decl should be written

Constructor Details

SerializationContext

public SerializationContext(Writer writer)
Construct SerializationContext with associated writer
Parameters:
writer - java.io.Writer

SerializationContext

public SerializationContext(Writer writer,
                            MessageContext msgContext)
Construct SerializationContext with associated writer and MessageContext
Parameters:
writer - java.io.Writer
msgContext - is the MessageContext

Method Details

attributeQName2String

public String attributeQName2String(QName qName)
Convert attribute QName to a string of the form : There are slightly different rules for attributes: - There is no default namespace - any attribute in a namespace must have a prefix
Parameters:
qName - QName
Returns:
prefixed qname representation for serialization.

endElement

public void endElement()
            throws IOException
Writes the end element tag for the open element.

getCurrentMessage

public Message getCurrentMessage()
Return the current message

getCurrentXMLType

public QName getCurrentXMLType()
Get the currently prefered xmlType
Returns:
QName of xmlType or null

getDoMultiRefs

public boolean getDoMultiRefs()
Are we doing multirefs?
Returns:
true or false

getEncoder

public XMLEncoder getEncoder()

getEncoding

public String getEncoding()
get the encoding for the serialization
Returns:

getEncodingStyle

public String getEncodingStyle()
Returns this context's encoding style. If we've got a message context then we'll get the style from that; otherwise we'll return a default.
Returns:
a String value

getItemQName

public QName getItemQName()

getItemType

public QName getItemType()

getMessageContext

public MessageContext getMessageContext()
Get the MessageContext we're operating with

getPrefixForURI

public String getPrefixForURI(String uri)
Get a prefix for a namespace URI. This method will ALWAYS return a valid prefix - if the given URI is already mapped in this serialization, we return the previous prefix. If it is not mapped, we will add a new mapping and return a generated prefix of the form "ns".
Parameters:
uri - is the namespace uri
Returns:
prefix

getPrefixForURI

public String getPrefixForURI(String uri,
                              String defaultPrefix)
Get a prefix for the given namespace URI. If one has already been defined in this serialization, use that. Otherwise, map the passed default prefix to the URI, and return that. If a null default prefix is passed, use one of the form "ns"

getPrefixForURI

public String getPrefixForURI(String uri,
                              String defaultPrefix,
                              boolean attribute)
Get a prefix for the given namespace URI. If one has already been defined in this serialization, use that. Otherwise, map the passed default prefix to the URI, and return that. If a null default prefix is passed, use one of the form "ns"

getPretty

public boolean getPretty()
Get whether the serialization should be pretty printed.
Returns:
true/false

getQNameForClass

public QName getQNameForClass(Class cls)
Get the QName associated with the specified class.
Parameters:
cls - Class of an object requiring serialization.
Returns:
appropriate QName associated with the class.

getSerializerForJavaType

public final Serializer getSerializerForJavaType(Class javaType)
Convenience method to get the Serializer for a specific java type
Parameters:
javaType - is Class for a type to serialize
Returns:
Serializer

getTypeMapping

public TypeMapping getTypeMapping()
Get the TypeMapping we're using.
Returns:
TypeMapping or null

getTypeMappingRegistry

public TypeMappingRegistry getTypeMappingRegistry()
Get the TypeMappingRegistry we're using.
Returns:
TypeMapping or null

getValueAsString

public String getValueAsString(Object value,
                               QName xmlType,
                               Class javaClass)
            throws IOException

isEncoded

public boolean isEncoded()
Returns whether this context should be encoded or not.
Returns:
a boolean value

isPrimitive

public boolean isPrimitive(Object value)
Indicates whether the object should be interpretted as a primitive for the purposes of multi-ref processing. A primitive value is serialized directly instead of using id/href pairs. Thus primitive serialization/deserialization is slightly faster.
Parameters:
value - to be serialized
Returns:
true/false

outputMultiRefs

public void outputMultiRefs()
            throws IOException
The serialize method uses hrefs to reference all non-primitive values. These values are stored and serialized by calling outputMultiRefs after the serialize method completes.

qName2String

public String qName2String(QName qName)

qName2String

public String qName2String(QName qName,
                           boolean writeNS)
Convert QName to a string of the form :
Parameters:
qName -
Returns:
prefixed qname representation for serialization.

registerPrefixForURI

public void registerPrefixForURI(String prefix,
                                 String uri)
Register prefix for the indicated uri
Parameters:
prefix -
uri - is the namespace uri

serialize

public void serialize(QName elemQName,
                      Attributes attributes,
                      Object value)
            throws IOException
Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName. The attributes are additional attribute to be serialized on the element. The value is the object being serialized. (It may be serialized directly or serialized as an mult-ref'd item) The value is an Object, which may be a wrapped primitive, the javaType is the actual unwrapped object type. xsi:type is set by using the javaType to find an appopriate xmlType from the TypeMappingRegistry. Null values and the xsi:type flag will be sent or not depending on previous configuration of this SerializationContext.
Parameters:
elemQName - is the QName of the element
attributes - are additional attributes
value - is the object to serialize

serialize

public void serialize(QName elemQName,
                      Attributes attributes,
                      Object value,
                      QName xmlType)
            throws IOException

Deprecated. use serialize(QName, Attributes, Object, QName, Class) instead

Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName. The attributes are additional attribute to be serialized on the element. The value is the object being serialized. (It may be serialized directly or serialized as an mult-ref'd item) The value is an Object, which may be a wrapped primitive, the javaType is the actual unwrapped object type. The xmlType is the QName of the type that is used to set xsi:type. If not specified, xsi:type is set by using the javaType to find an appopriate xmlType from the TypeMappingRegistry. Null values and the xsi:type flag will be sent or not depending on previous configuration of this SerializationContext.
Parameters:
elemQName - is the QName of the element
attributes - are additional attributes
value - is the object to serialize
xmlType - is the qname of the type or null.

serialize

public void serialize(QName elemQName,
                      Attributes attributes,
                      Object value,
                      QName xmlType,
                      Boolean sendNull,
                      Boolean sendType)
            throws IOException
Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName. The attributes are additional attribute to be serialized on the element. The value is the object being serialized. (It may be serialized directly or serialized as an mult-ref'd item) The value is an Object, which may be a wrapped primitive. The xmlType (if specified) is the QName of the type that is used to set xsi:type. The sendNull flag indicates whether to end an element with an xsi:nil="true" attribute for null variables (if Boolean.TRUE), or nothing (if Boolean.FALSE). The sendType flag indicates whether the xsi:type flag should be sent (default is true).
Parameters:
elemQName - is the QName of the element
attributes - are additional attributes
value - is the object to serialize
xmlType - is the qname of the type or null.
sendNull - determines whether to send null values.
sendType - determines whether to set xsi:type attribute.

serialize

public void serialize(QName elemQName,
                      Attributes attributes,
                      Object value,
                      QName xmlType,
                      Class javaType)
            throws IOException
Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName. The attributes are additional attribute to be serialized on the element. The value is the object being serialized. (It may be serialized directly or serialized as an mult-ref'd item) The value is an Object, which may be a wrapped primitive, the javaType is the actual unwrapped object type. The xmlType is the QName of the type that is used to set xsi:type. If not specified, xsi:type is set by using the javaType to find an appopriate xmlType from the TypeMappingRegistry. Null values and the xsi:type flag will be sent or not depending on previous configuration of this SerializationContext.
Parameters:
elemQName - is the QName of the element
attributes - are additional attributes
value - is the object to serialize
xmlType - is the qname of the type or null.
javaType - is the java type of the value

serialize

public void serialize(QName elemQName,
                      Attributes attributes,
                      Object value,
                      QName xmlType,
                      Class javaClass,
                      Boolean sendNull,
                      Boolean sendType)
            throws IOException
Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName. The attributes are additional attribute to be serialized on the element. The value is the object being serialized. (It may be serialized directly or serialized as an mult-ref'd item) The value is an Object, which may be a wrapped primitive. The xmlType (if specified) is the QName of the type that is used to set xsi:type. The sendNull flag indicates whether to end an element with an xsi:nil="true" attribute for null variables (if Boolean.TRUE), or nothing (if Boolean.FALSE). The sendType flag indicates whether the xsi:type flag should be sent (default is true).
Parameters:
elemQName - is the QName of the element
attributes - are additional attributes
value - is the object to serialize
xmlType - is the qname of the type or null.
sendNull - determines whether to send null values.
sendType - determines whether to set xsi:type attribute.

serialize

public void serialize(QName elemQName,
                      Attributes attributes,
                      Object value,
                      QName xmlType,
                      boolean sendNull,
                      Boolean sendType)
            throws IOException

Deprecated. use serialize(QName, Attributes, Object, QName, Boolean, Boolean) instead.

Serialize the indicated value as an element with the name indicated by elemQName. The attributes are additional attribute to be serialized on the element. The value is the object being serialized. (It may be serialized directly or serialized as an mult-ref'd item) The value is an Object, which may be a wrapped primitive. The xmlType (if specified) is the QName of the type that is used to set xsi:type. The sendNull flag indicates whether null values should be sent over the wire (default is to send such values with xsi:nil="true"). The sendType flag indicates whether the xsi:type flag should be sent (default is true).
Parameters:
elemQName - is the QName of the element
attributes - are additional attributes
value - is the object to serialize
xmlType - is the qname of the type or null.
sendNull - determines whether to send null values.
sendType - determines whether to set xsi:type attribute.

setDoMultiRefs

public void setDoMultiRefs(boolean shouldDo)
Set whether we are doing multirefs

setEncoding

public void setEncoding(String encoding)
set the encoding for the serialization

setItemQName

public void setItemQName(QName itemQName)

setItemType

public void setItemType(QName itemType)

setPretty

public void setPretty(boolean pretty)
Indicate whether the serialization should be pretty printed.
Parameters:
pretty - true/false

setSendDecl

public void setSendDecl(boolean sendDecl)
Set whether or not we should write XML declarations.
Parameters:
sendDecl - true/false

setTypeAttribute

public Attributes setTypeAttribute(Attributes attributes,
                                   QName type)
Obtains the type attribute that should be serialized and returns the new list of Attributes
Parameters:
attributes - of the qname
type - is the qname of the type
Returns:
new list of Attributes

setWriteXMLType

public void setWriteXMLType(QName type)

shouldSendXSIType

public boolean shouldSendXSIType()
Get whether or not to write xsi:type attributes.
Returns:
true/false

startElement

public void startElement(QName qName,
                         Attributes attributes)
            throws IOException
Writes (using the Writer) the start tag for element QName along with the indicated attributes and namespace mappings.
Parameters:
qName - is the name of the element
attributes - are the attributes to write

writeChars

public void writeChars(char[] p1,
                       int p2,
                       int p3)
            throws IOException
Convenience operation to write out (to Writer) the characters in p1 starting at index p2 for length p3.
Parameters:
p1 - character array to write
p2 - starting index in array
p3 - length to write

writeDOMElement

public void writeDOMElement(Element el)
            throws IOException
Output a DOM representation to a SerializationContext
Parameters:
el - is a DOM Element

writeSafeString

public void writeSafeString(String string)
            throws IOException
Convenience operation to write out (to Writer) the String properly encoded with xml entities (like &amp)
Parameters:
string - is the String to write.

writeString

public void writeString(String string)
            throws IOException
Convenience operation to write out (to Writer) the String
Parameters:
string - is the String to write.

writeXMLDeclaration

public void writeXMLDeclaration()
            throws IOException

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