org.springframework.oxm
Interface Unmarshaller

All Known Subinterfaces:
GenericUnmarshaller, MimeUnmarshaller
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractMarshaller, CastorMarshaller, Jaxb2Marshaller, JibxMarshaller, XmlBeansMarshaller, XStreamMarshaller

public interface Unmarshaller

Defines the contract for Object XML Mapping unmarshallers. Implementations of this interface can deserialize a given XML Stream to an Object graph.

Since:
3.0
Author:
Arjen Poutsma
See Also:
Marshaller

Method Summary
 boolean supports(Class<?> clazz)
          Indicates whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.
 Object unmarshal(Source source)
          Unmarshals the given Source into an object graph.
 

Method Detail

supports

boolean supports(Class<?> clazz)
Indicates whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.

Parameters:
clazz - the class that this unmarshaller is being asked if it can marshal
Returns:
true if this unmarshaller can indeed unmarshal to the supplied class; false otherwise

unmarshal

Object unmarshal(Source source)
                 throws IOException,
                        XmlMappingException
Unmarshals the given Source into an object graph.

Parameters:
source - the source to marshal from
Returns:
the object graph
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs
XmlMappingException - if the given source cannot be mapped to an object