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package hydrograph.ui.graph.utility;
import hydrograph.ui.logging.factory.LogFactory;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
/**
* This class configures XStream instance for backward compatibility.
*
* @author Bitwise
*
*/
public class XStreamUtil {
private Logger LOGGER = LogFactory.INSTANCE.getLogger(XStreamUtil.class);
public static final XStreamUtil INSTANCE = new XStreamUtil();
private XStream xStream;
private XStreamUtil() { /* Singleton */
}
/**
* Configures and returns XStream instance.
*
* @return
*/
public XStream getXStreamInstance() {
LOGGER.debug("Creating and configuring xstream instance");
xStream = new XStream();
addAlias();
addAnnotations();
addFieldsToOmitWhileLoadingJobFile();
ignoreUnknownElements();
return xStream;
}
private void ignoreUnknownElements() {
xStream.ignoreUnknownElements();
}
/*
* Mention specific fields which will be ignored from a class while loading job file. e.g.
* xStream.omitField(Schema.class, "externalSchemaPath");
*/
private void addFieldsToOmitWhileLoadingJobFile() {
}
private void addAnnotations() {
xStream.autodetectAnnotations(true);
}
private void addAlias() {
// Add alias e.g xStream.alias("Job", Container.class);'
}
}