Problem in using xstream annotations for complex java objects

[Deeps Mistry]

Hi,

I have a java object - Entity.java

public class Entity{
 
    private Long id;
    private String code;
    private String name;
    private Location location;
    private Country incorporated;
   
}

public class Location{
private Long id;
private String name;
private Town town;
}

public class Town{
private long townId;
private String townName;
}

public class Country{
private Long id;
private String name;
}

I want to convert Entity.java to xml in the following format -

<entityDocument>
   <id></id>
   <code></code>
   <name></name>
   <location>
     <id></id>
     <name></name>
     <town>
        <townId></townId>
        <townName></townName>
     </town>
   </location>
   <country>
     <id></id>
     <name></name>
   </country>
</entityDocument>

I have done something like this -

@XStreamAlias("entityDocument")
public class EntityAlias{

@XStreamAlias("id")
    private String id;

    @XStreamAlias("code")
    private String code;

@XStreamAlias("name")
    private String name;

public String getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }
...
}

How do i annotate location and country?

Thanks.

[Deeps Mistry]

Deeps Mistry wrote:Hi,

I have a java object - Entity.java

public class Entity{
 
    private Long id;
    private String code;
    private String name;
    private Location location;
    private Country incorporated;
   
}

public class Location{
private Long id;
private String name;
private Town town;
}

public class Town{
private long townId;
private String townName;
}

public class Country{
private Long id;
private String name;
}

I want to convert Entity.java to xml in the following format -

<entityDocument>
   <id></id>
   <code></code>
   <name></name>
   <location>
     <id></id>
     <name></name>
     <town>
        <townId></townId>
        <townName></townName>
     </town>
   </location>
   <country>
     <id></id>
     <name></name>
   </country>
</entityDocument>

I have done something like this -

@XStreamAlias("entityDocument")
public class EntityAlias{

@XStreamAlias("id")
    private String id;

    @XStreamAlias("code")
    private String code;

@XStreamAlias("name")
    private String name;

public String getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(String id) {
        this.id = id;
    }
...
}

How do i annotate location and country?

Thanks.

Can anyone please help me out with this?

Thanks

[g tsuji]

How do i annotate location and country?

With the layout given, you practically no need to annotate location. For country, you simply alias the variable to country.

@XStreamAlias("entityDocument")
public class Entity{   
    
    private Long id;   
    private String code;   
    private String name;   
    private Location location;   
    @XStreamAlias("country")
    private Country incorporated;   
      
}   

Most of the tag names will fall in place because you make the variable names conducive to the intended output.

Or do I miss something you have not shown (apart from those getters or setters or constructors...)?