Mega Code Archive
Prevent beans property being serialized to XML
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import java.beans.BeanInfo;
import java.beans.Introspector;
import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.beans.XMLEncoder;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
BeanInfo bi = Introspector.getBeanInfo(BeanToXmlTransient.class);
PropertyDescriptor[] pds = bi.getPropertyDescriptors();
for (int i = 0; i < pds.length; i++) {
PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor = pds[i];
if (propertyDescriptor.getName().equals("itemQuantities")) {
propertyDescriptor.setValue("transient", Boolean.TRUE);
}
}
BeanToXmlTransient bean = new BeanToXmlTransient();
bean.setId(new Long(1));
bean.setItemName("Item");
bean.setItemColour("Red");
bean.setItemQuantities(new Integer(100));
XMLEncoder encoder = new XMLEncoder(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(
"BeanTransient.xml")));
encoder.writeObject(bean);
encoder.close();
}
}
class BeanToXmlTransient {
private Long id;
private String itemName;
private String itemColour;
private Integer itemQuantities;
public Long getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(Long id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getItemName() {
return itemName;
}
public void setItemName(String itemName) {
this.itemName = itemName;
}
public String getItemColour() {
return itemColour;
}
public void setItemColour(String itemColour) {
this.itemColour = itemColour;
}
public Integer getItemQuantities() {
return itemQuantities;
}
public void setItemQuantities(Integer itemQuantities) {
this.itemQuantities = itemQuantities;
}
}
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