Hi Carlos, Carlos Ramos wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm looking for a java library that allows me to serialize/deserialize > java beans to/from a custom text format that resembles json. I have been > reading around the xstream site and the API looks incredibly nice and > flexible. So > I was wondering if maybe I could write my own xstream driver for this > custom format of mine and use xstream for my task. > > So I have a few questions: > > 1- Does using xstream with a non-xml custom text based format makes sense, > or is xstream xml centric and should probably not be used for this?. XStream will also write/read JSON (with limits) and a custom "binary" format: http://xstream.codehaus.org/json-tutorial.html > 2- If xstream is indeed an good choice for my task, has this been done > before ?. Is there an example or documentation of using a custom format ?. Basically you'll need a HerarchicalReader and HierarchicalWriter implementation and a HierarchicalDriver that will create those two. Have a look at the code of the BinaryStreamDriver and related files in the com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.binary package. > 3- Does anyone knows of other libraries that could be used for this task ? > > Thanks in advance for your time. Cheers, Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
