SocietiesSerialiser.java

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package org.societies.android.api.utilities;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

import org.simpleframework.xml.Serializer;
import org.simpleframework.xml.convert.Registry;
import org.simpleframework.xml.convert.RegistryStrategy;
import org.simpleframework.xml.core.Persister;
import org.simpleframework.xml.strategy.Strategy;
import org.societies.simple.basic.URIConverter;

import android.util.Log;

/**
 * Describe your class here...
 *
 * @author aleckey
 *
 */
public class SocietiesSerialiser {

	private static final String LOG_TAG = SocietiesSerialiser.class.getName();
	private static Serializer s;
	
	public SocietiesSerialiser() {
		Registry registry = new Registry();
		Strategy strategy = new RegistryStrategy(registry);
		
		try {
			registry.bind(java.net.URI.class, URIConverter.class);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		s = new Persister(strategy);
	}
	
	public String Write(Object payload) throws Exception {
		Log.d(LOG_TAG, "Serialising payload: " + payload.getClass().getName());
		ByteArrayOutputStream os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		s.write(payload, os);
		return os.toString();
	}
	
	public Object Read(Class<? extends Object> c, String xml) throws Exception {
		//GET CLASS FIRST
		Object payload = s.read(c, xml);		
		return payload;
	}
	
}