XMLEncoder.java

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package java.beans;

import gnu.java.beans.encoder.ScanEngine;

import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * This class uses the {@link PersistenceDelegate} and {@link Encoder}
 * infrastructure to generate an XML representation of the objects it
 * serializes.
 * 
 * @author Robert Schuster (robertschuster@fsfe.org)
 * @since 1.4
 */
public class XMLEncoder extends Encoder
{
  Object owner;

  Exception exception;

  ScanEngine scanEngine;

  private int accessCounter = 0;

  public XMLEncoder(OutputStream os)
  {
    scanEngine = new ScanEngine(os);
  }

  public void close()
  {
    if (scanEngine != null)
      {
        scanEngine.close();
        scanEngine = null;
      }
  }

  public void flush()
  {
    scanEngine.flush();
  }

  public void writeExpression(Expression expr)
  {
    // Implementation note: Why is this method overwritten and nearly exactly
    // reimplemented as in Encoder?
    // The Encoder class can (and should be) subclassed by users outside of the
    // java.beans package. While I have doubts that this is possible from an
    // API design point of view I tried to replicate the Encoder's behavior
    // in the JDK as exactly as possible. This strictness however made it
    // extremely complicated to implement the XMLEncoder's backend. Therefore
    // I decided to copy the Encoder's implementation and make all changes
    // I needed for a succesfull operation of XMLEncoder.
    //
    // The same is true for the writeStatement method.
    
    //  Silently ignore out of bounds calls.
    if (accessCounter <= 0)
      return;
    
    scanEngine.writeExpression(expr);


    Object target = expr.getTarget();
    Object value = null;
    Object newValue = null;

    try
      {
        value = expr.getValue();
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
        getExceptionListener().exceptionThrown(e);
        return;
      }
    
    
    newValue = get(value);

    if (newValue == null)
      {
        Object newTarget = get(target);
        if (newTarget == null)
          {
            writeObject(target);
            newTarget = get(target);

            // May happen if exception was thrown.
            if (newTarget == null)
              {
                return;
              }
          }

        Object[] args = expr.getArguments();
        Object[] newArgs = new Object[args.length];

        for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++)
          {
            newArgs[i] = get(args[i]);
            if (newArgs[i] == null || isImmutableType(args[i].getClass()))
              {
                writeObject(args[i]);
                newArgs[i] = get(args[i]);
              }
          }
        
        Expression newExpr = new Expression(newTarget, expr.getMethodName(),
                                            newArgs);
        
        // Fakes the result of Class.forName(<primitiveType>) to make it possible
        // to hand such a type to the encoding process.
        if (value instanceof Class && ((Class) value).isPrimitive())
          newExpr.setValue(value);
        
        // Instantiates the new object.
        try
          {
            newValue = newExpr.getValue();

            putCandidate(value, newValue);
          }
        catch (Exception e)
          {
            getExceptionListener().exceptionThrown(e);
            
            // In Statement.writeExpression we had no possibility to flags
            // an erroneous state to the ScanEngine without behaving different
            // to the JDK.            
            scanEngine.revoke();
            
            return;
          }
        
        writeObject(value);

      }
    else if(value.getClass() == String.class || value.getClass() == Class.class)
      {
        writeObject(value);
      }

    scanEngine.end();
  }

  public void writeStatement(Statement stmt)
  {
    // In case of questions have a at the implementation note in
    // writeExpression.
    
    scanEngine.writeStatement(stmt);

    //  Silently ignore out of bounds calls.
    if (accessCounter <= 0)
      return;

    Object target = stmt.getTarget();

    Object newTarget = get(target);
    if (newTarget == null)
      {
        writeObject(target);
        newTarget = get(target);
      }

    Object[] args = stmt.getArguments();
    Object[] newArgs = new Object[args.length];

    for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++)
      {
        // Here is the difference to the original writeStatement
        // method in Encoder. In case that the object is known or
        // not an immutable we put it directly into the ScanEngine
        // which will then generate an object reference for it.
        newArgs[i] = get(args[i]);
        if (newArgs[i] == null || isImmutableType(args[i].getClass()))
          {
            writeObject(args[i]);
            newArgs[i] = get(args[i]);
          }
        else
          scanEngine.writeObject(args[i]);
      }

    Statement newStmt = new Statement(newTarget, stmt.getMethodName(), newArgs);

    try
      {
        newStmt.execute();
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
        getExceptionListener().exceptionThrown(e);

        // In Statement.writeStatement we had no possibility to flags
        // an erroneous state to the ScanEngine without behaving different
        // to the JDK.            
        scanEngine.revoke();
        return;
      }

    scanEngine.end();
  }

  public void writeObject(Object o)
  {
    accessCounter++;
    
    scanEngine.writeObject(o);
    
    if (get(o) == null);
      super.writeObject(o);
      
    accessCounter--;
  }
  
  public void setOwner(Object o)
  {
    owner = o;
  }

  public Object getOwner()
  {
    return owner;
  }

}