Hello, I have a question regarding what
pattern or approach to use in
Java for the following scenario:
In the "real world" I'm using a web API that accepts a REST query, an XML
string, or a
SOAP message.
However, the question isn't about the service but rather which pattern do I use to marshall a plain Java object into XML, SOAP, JSON, or a URL REST query key/value pairs.
Theoretically, I have just a given POJO, but I want to convert that into different forms (XML, REST style map, SOAP, JSON).
I cannot change the code for the POJO (but they are annotated where I can use JAXB, at least for the XML part). But I need to take a POJO and be able to generate all different formats without changing the base POJO.
Which design pattern or patterns should I investigate to accomplish this task?