org.springframework.oxm
Interface Unmarshaller

All Known Subinterfaces:

GenericUnmarshaller, MimeUnmarshaller

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractJaxbMarshaller, AbstractMarshaller, AnnotationXStreamMarshaller, CastorMarshaller, Jaxb1Marshaller, Jaxb2Marshaller, JibxMarshaller, XmlBeansMarshaller, XStreamMarshaller

public interface Unmarshaller

Defines the contract for Object XML Mapping unmarshallers.

Implementations of this interface can deserialize a given XML Stream to an Object graph.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma

Method Summary

boolean	supports(Class clazz) Indicates whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.
Object	unmarshal(Source source) Unmarshals the given Source into an object graph.

Method Detail

unmarshal

Object unmarshal(Source source)
                 throws XmlMappingException,
                        IOException

Unmarshals the given Source into an object graph.

Parameters:

source - the source to marshal from

Returns:

the object graph

Throws:

XmlMappingException - if the given source cannot be mapped to an object

IOException - if an I/O Exception occurs

supports

boolean supports(Class clazz)

Indicates whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.

Parameters:

clazz - the class that this unmarshaller is being asked if it can marshal

Returns:

true if this unmarshaller can indeed unmarshal to the supplied class; false otherwise