XStreamHelper.java

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package org.projectforge.common;

import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.DomDriver;

/**
 * Some helpers for using XStream (with proper UTF-8 encoding).
 * @author Kai Reinhard (k.reinhard@micromata.de)
 * 
 */
public class XStreamHelper
{
  /**
   * @return new XStream initialized with UTF-8 DomDriver.
   */
  public static XStream createXStream()
  {
    return new XStream(new DomDriver("UTF-8"));
  }

  public static String toXml(final XStream xstream, final Object object)
  {
    return xstream.toXML(object);
  }

  public static Object fromXml(final XStream xstream, final String xml)
  {
    return xstream.fromXML(xml);
  }
}