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package nextapp.echo.app.serial;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;
import nextapp.echo.app.util.Context;
/**
* Serialization utilities.
*/
public class SerialUtil {
/**
* Translates an arbitrary property to XML.
* The appropriate peer for the property will be retrieved and the property will be
* handed to it for processing. An XML representation of the property will be added
* as a child to the specified parentElement.
*
* @param context the relevant Context (must provide a SerialContext
* and a PropertyPeerFactory)
* @param objectClass the class on which the property is set.
* @param parentElement the XML element to which the property value's XML
* representation will be added as a child
* @param propertyName the name of the property
* @param propertyValue the value of the property
*/
public static void toXml(Context context, Class objectClass, Element parentElement, String propertyName,
Object propertyValue)
throws SerialException {
if (propertyValue != null) {
SerialContext serialContext = (SerialContext) context.get(SerialContext.class);
Element childPropertyElement = serialContext.getDocument().createElement("p");
childPropertyElement.setAttribute("n", propertyName);
PropertyPeerFactory peerFactory = (PropertyPeerFactory) context.get(PropertyPeerFactory.class);
peerFactory.getPeerForProperty(propertyValue.getClass())
.toXml(context, objectClass, childPropertyElement, propertyValue);
parentElement.appendChild(childPropertyElement);
}
}
}