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Interface Deserializer  view Deserializer download Deserializer.java

All Superinterfaces:
Callback, javax.xml.rpc.encoding.Deserializer, java.io.Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
DeserializerImpl

public interface Deserializer
extends javax.xml.rpc.encoding.Deserializer, Callback

This interface describes the AXIS Deserializer. A compliant implementiation must extend either the AXIS SoapHandler (org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHandler) or the AXIS DeserializerImpl (org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializerImpl) The DeserializerImpl provides a lot of the default behavior including the support for id/href. So you may want to try extending it as opposed to extending SoapHandler. An Axis compliant Deserializer must provide one or more of the following methods: public <constructor>(Class javaType, QName xmlType) public <constructo>() This will allow for construction of generic factories that introspect the class to determine how to construct a deserializer. The xmlType, javaType arguments are filled in with the values known by the factory.


Method Summary
 boolean componentsReady()
          Some deserializers (ArrayDeserializer) require all of the component values to be known before the value is complete.
 void endElement(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String localName, DeserializationContext context)
          endElement is called when the end element tag is reached.
 javax.xml.namespace.QName getDefaultType()
           
 java.lang.Object getValue()
          Get the deserialized value.
 java.lang.Object getValue(java.lang.Object hint)
          If the deserializer has component values (like ArrayDeserializer) this method gets the specific component via the hint.
 java.util.Vector getValueTargets()
          Get the Value Targets of the Deserializer.
 void moveValueTargets(Deserializer other)
          Move someone else's targets to our own (see DeserializationContext) The DeserializationContext only allows one Deserializer to wait for a unknown multi-ref'ed value.
 void onEndElement(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String localName, DeserializationContext context)
          onEndElement is called by endElement.
 org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHandler onStartChild(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String prefix, org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes, DeserializationContext context)
          onStartChild is called on each child element.
 void onStartElement(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String prefix, org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes, DeserializationContext context)
          This method is invoked after startElement when the element requires deserialization (i.e.
 void registerValueTarget(Target target)
          For deserializers of non-primitives, the value may not be known until later (due to multi-referencing).
 void removeValueTargets()
          Remove the Value Targets of the Deserializer.
 void setChildValue(java.lang.Object value, java.lang.Object hint)
          If the deserializer has component values (like ArrayDeserializer) this method sets the specific component via the hint.
 void setDefaultType(javax.xml.namespace.QName qName)
          In some circumstances an element may not have a type attribute, but a default type qname is known from information in the container.
 void setValue(java.lang.Object value)
          Set the deserialized value.
 void startElement(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String localName, java.lang.String qName, org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes, DeserializationContext context)
          This method is invoked when an element start tag is encountered.
 void valueComplete()
          The valueComplete() method is invoked when the end tag of the element is read.
 
Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.rpc.encoding.Deserializer
getMechanismType
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.axis.encoding.Callback
setValue
 

Method Detail

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()
Get the deserialized value.


setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.Object value)
Set the deserialized value.


getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue(java.lang.Object hint)
If the deserializer has component values (like ArrayDeserializer) this method gets the specific component via the hint. The default implementation returns null.


setChildValue

public void setChildValue(java.lang.Object value,
                          java.lang.Object hint)
                   throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
If the deserializer has component values (like ArrayDeserializer) this method sets the specific component via the hint. The default implementation does nothing.


setDefaultType

public void setDefaultType(javax.xml.namespace.QName qName)
In some circumstances an element may not have a type attribute, but a default type qname is known from information in the container. For example, an element of an array may not have a type= attribute, so the default qname is the component type of the array. This method is used to communicate the default type information to the deserializer.


getDefaultType

public javax.xml.namespace.QName getDefaultType()

registerValueTarget

public void registerValueTarget(Target target)
For deserializers of non-primitives, the value may not be known until later (due to multi-referencing). In such cases the deserializer registers Target object(s). When the value is known, the set(value) will be invoked for each Target registered with the Deserializer. The Target object abstracts the function of setting a target with a value. See the Target interface for more info.


getValueTargets

public java.util.Vector getValueTargets()
Get the Value Targets of the Deserializer.


removeValueTargets

public void removeValueTargets()
Remove the Value Targets of the Deserializer.


moveValueTargets

public void moveValueTargets(Deserializer other)
Move someone else's targets to our own (see DeserializationContext) The DeserializationContext only allows one Deserializer to wait for a unknown multi-ref'ed value. So to ensure that all of the targets are updated, this method is invoked to copy the Target objects to the waiting Deserializer.


componentsReady

public boolean componentsReady()
Some deserializers (ArrayDeserializer) require all of the component values to be known before the value is complete. (For the ArrayDeserializer this is important because the elements are stored in an ArrayList, and all values must be known before the ArrayList is converted into the expected array. This routine is used to indicate when the components are ready. The default (true) is useful for most Deserializers.


valueComplete

public void valueComplete()
                   throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
The valueComplete() method is invoked when the end tag of the element is read. This results in the setting of all registered Targets (see registerValueTarget). Note that the valueComplete() only processes the Targets if componentReady() returns true. So if you override componentReady(), then your specific Deserializer will need to call valueComplete() when your components are ready (See ArrayDeserializer)


startElement

public void startElement(java.lang.String namespace,
                         java.lang.String localName,
                         java.lang.String qName,
                         org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes,
                         DeserializationContext context)
                  throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
This method is invoked when an element start tag is encountered. DeserializerImpl provides default behavior, which involves the following: - directly handling the deserialization of a nill value - handling the registration of the id value. - handling the registration of a fixup if this element is an href. - calling onStartElement to do the actual deserialization if not nill or href cases.


onStartElement

public void onStartElement(java.lang.String namespace,
                           java.lang.String localName,
                           java.lang.String prefix,
                           org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes,
                           DeserializationContext context)
                    throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
This method is invoked after startElement when the element requires deserialization (i.e. the element is not an href and the value is not nil.) DeserializerImpl provides default behavior, which simply involves obtaining a correct Deserializer and plugging its handler.


onStartChild

public org.apache.axis.message.SOAPHandler onStartChild(java.lang.String namespace,
                                                        java.lang.String localName,
                                                        java.lang.String prefix,
                                                        org.xml.sax.Attributes attributes,
                                                        DeserializationContext context)
                                                 throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
onStartChild is called on each child element. The default behavior supplied by DeserializationImpl is to do nothing. A specific deserializer may perform other tasks. For example a BeanDeserializer will construct a deserializer for the indicated property and return it.


endElement

public void endElement(java.lang.String namespace,
                       java.lang.String localName,
                       DeserializationContext context)
                throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
endElement is called when the end element tag is reached. It handles href/id information for multi-ref processing and invokes the valueComplete() method of the deserializer which sets the targets with the deserialized value.


onEndElement

public void onEndElement(java.lang.String namespace,
                         java.lang.String localName,
                         DeserializationContext context)
                  throws org.xml.sax.SAXException
onEndElement is called by endElement. It is not called if the element has an href.