Re: [Simple-support] deserializing polymorphic classes

[Niall G. <gal...@ya...>]

Hi,

If the root element contains a class= attribute it will be able to figure out the type to be deserialized.

Niall

--- On Mon, 7/3/11, hatchetman82 <hat...@gm...> wrote:

> From: hatchetman82 <hat...@gm...>
> Subject: [Simple-support] deserializing polymorphic classes
> To: sim...@li...
> Received: Monday, 7 March, 2011, 8:21 AM
> Hi.
> 
> suppose i have an abstract root class with a @Root
> annotation, with a
> lot of concrete implementing classes.
> is it possible to read any child class of this root class
> without
> knowing its type in advance?
> ideally something like :
> 
> @Root
> public abstract class AbstractParentClass {}
> 
> @Root(name="concrete")
> public class ConcreteClass extends AbstractParentClass{}
> 
> @Root(name="concrete2")
> public class ConcreteClass2 extends AbstractParentClass{}
> 
> 
> Serializer s = new Persister();
> ConcreteClass a = new ...
> String serializedForm = serialize(a);
> 
> AbstractParentClass b = s.read(AbstractParentClass.class,
> serializedForm);
> 
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