Java XML JAXB Serialize serializeToString(Object obj)

Description

serialize To String

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String serializeToString(Object obj) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w  ww.ja v  a 2  s .  c o  m
   Copyright 2013 Philipp Leitner
    
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at
    
   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    
   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
*/

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.StringWriter;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

public class Main {
    public static String serializeToString(Object obj) throws IOException {
        if (obj == null || !obj.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(XmlRootElement.class))
            return null;

        try (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter()) {
            try {
                JAXBContext ctx = JAXBContext.newInstance(obj.getClass());
                ctx.createMarshaller().marshal(obj, writer);
                return writer.toString();
            } catch (JAXBException ex) {//let's just ignore.
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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4. serializeToSTD(Object obj)
5. serializeToString(Object obj)
6. serializeToXmlFile(T object, String fileName)
7. xmlSerialize(String filename, T obj)