com.bea.rfid.api.workflow.encoding
Interface MessageDeserializer

public interface MessageDeserializer

Interface that must be implemented by edge flow message deserializers for messages should be automatically deserialized by the framework.

A deserializer is for a particular XML namespace and XML root element. When the edge flow framework receives XML that is to be deserialized, it looks up deserializers based on the namespace and root element of the XML.

Method Summary

Object	deserialize(Document xmlDoc) Deserializes given XML Document to the correct java object.
Object	deserialize(Reader reader) Reads XML from the given reader and deserializes to the correct java object.
String	getNamespace() Returns String for the XML namespace for the deserializer.
String	getRootElementName() Returns XML root element name for the deserializer.

Method Detail

deserialize

Object deserialize(Reader reader)
                   throws com.connecterra.ale.encoding.XMLDeserializerException,
                          IOException

Reads XML from the given reader and deserializes to the correct java object.

Parameters:

reader - The reader from which the XML should be read.

Returns:

Result object from deserialization.

Throws:

IOException - If an IOException occurs trying to use the reader.

com.connecterra.ale.encoding.XMLDeserializerException - If an error occurs while deserialization.

NullPointerException - If the reader passed in is null.

deserialize

Object deserialize(Document xmlDoc)
                   throws com.connecterra.ale.encoding.XMLDeserializerException

Deserializes given XML Document to the correct java object.

Parameters:

xmlDoc - org.w3c.dom.Document.

Returns:

Result object from deserialization.

Throws:

com.connecterra.ale.encoding.XMLDeserializerException - If an error occurs while deserialization.

NullPointerException - If the XML document passed in is null.

getNamespace

String getNamespace()

Returns String for the XML namespace for the deserializer.

Returns:

The XML namespace.

getRootElementName

String getRootElementName()

Returns XML root element name for the deserializer.

Returns:

The XML root element name.