Persister.java

package com.t3.persistence;

import com.t3.persistence.migrators.InitiativeList0_1Migrator;
import com.t3.persistence.migrators.TokenInitiative0_1Migrator;
import com.t3.xstreamversioned.marshalling.MigratingMarshallingStrategy;
import com.t3.xstreamversioned.migration.MigrationManager;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;

public class Persister {
	
	/**
	 * This method returns a non thread safe fully configured version of xstream that should be used for all serialization and
	 * deserialization tasks.
	 * @return the xstream instance
	 */
	public static XStream newInstance() {
		MigrationManager mm=new MigrationManager("com.t3.",true);
		
		//add migrators here for changed classes
		mm.registerMigrator(new InitiativeList0_1Migrator());
		mm.registerMigrator(new TokenInitiative0_1Migrator());
		
		
		XStream xstream=new XStream();
		xstream.setMarshallingStrategy(new MigratingMarshallingStrategy(mm));

		
		//ADD ALL CONVERTERS HERE THAT DECIDE HOW TO SERIALIZE DESERIALIZE CERTAIN CLASSES
		//xstream.registerConverter(converter);
		return xstream;
	}
}