IgnoreUnknownFieldsMapperWrapper.java

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package org.eclipse.skalli.core.xstream;

import com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper;

/**
 * Special mapper so that unknown XML fields are ignored, as XStream does not
 * support that yet. See http://pvoss.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/xstream and JIRA
 * entry http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/XSTR-30
 */
public class IgnoreUnknownFieldsMapperWrapper extends MapperWrapper {

    public IgnoreUnknownFieldsMapperWrapper(MapperWrapper next) {
        super(next);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean shouldSerializeMember(@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")  Class definedIn, String fieldName) {
        if (definedIn == Object.class) {
            return false;
        }
        return super.shouldSerializeMember(definedIn, fieldName);
    }
}