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Deserializing a Bean from XML
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import java.beans.XMLDecoder;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
XMLDecoder decoder = new XMLDecoder(new BufferedInputStream(
new FileInputStream("infilename.xml")));
MyClass o = (MyClass) decoder.readObject();
decoder.close();
int prop = o.getProp(); // 1
int[] props = o.getProps(); // [1, 2, 3]
}
}
class MyClass {
// The prop property
int i;
public int getProp() {
return i;
}
public void setProp(int i) {
this.i = i;
}
// The props property
int[] iarray = new int[0];
public int[] getProps() {
return iarray;
}
public void setProps(int[] iarray) {
this.iarray = iarray;
}
}
/*
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<java version="1.4.0" class="java.beans.XMLDecoder">
<object class="MyClass">
<void property="prop">
<int>1</int>
</void>
<void property="props">
<array class="int" length="3">
<void index="0">
<int>1</int>
</void>
<void index="1">
<int>2</int>
</void>
<void index="2">
<int>3</int>
</void>
</array>
</void>
</object>
</java>
*/
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