Java XML JAXB Unserialize readExternal(InputStream inputStream, Class clazz)

Description

Reads the InputStream of JAXB marshaled xml and creates an object of the given Class

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
inputStream	a parameter
clazz	- The class of returned object.

Return

An object of the specified class.

Declaration

public static Object readExternal(InputStream inputStream, Class<?> clazz) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from   w  ww  .  j  av  a 2 s. c  om
 * Copyright 2014 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
 *
 * This file is part of CATS.
 *
 * CATS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * CATS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with CATS.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.io.InputStream;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;

import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads the {@link InputStream} of JAXB marshaled xml and creates an object
     * of the given Class
     * 
     * @param inputStream
     * @param clazz
     *            - The class of returned object.
     * @return An object of the specified class.
     */
    public static Object readExternal(InputStream inputStream, Class<?> clazz) {
        Object object = null;

        try {
            JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(clazz);
            Unmarshaller unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
            object = (Object) unmarshaller.unmarshal(inputStream);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return object;
    }
}

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1. parseXML(String content, Class clazz)
2. parseXmlFile(Class type, String filePath)
3. read(Class cl, InputStream is)
4. read(File file, Class typeParameterClass)
5. readComplexProperty(String name, List