I have below xml
<note>
<to>Tony</to>
<from>Jani</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>
i have constructed Note.java (data object) from it on which i do some validation
Now i want to construct XML in below format from Note.java.
One way i can think of is create MyCustomNote.java(another data object). Map fields of note.java to MyCustomNote.java. Then construct xml in below format with tools like xstream or jaxb. But i am not sure its the right or some better way is there?
<MyCustomNote>
<toAddress>Tony</toAddress>
<fromName>Jani</fromName>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<output>someOutput</output>
</MyCustomNote>
UPDATE :-
Note.java is
public Class Note {
private String to;
private String from;
private String heading;
private String body;
//getters and setters for each the above field
}
so with xstream will be simple:
final XStream xstream = new XStream(new StaxDriver());
xstream.alias("MyCustomNote", Note.class);
xstream.aliasField("toAddress", Note.class,"to");
xstream.aliasField("fromName", Note.class,"from");
xstream.aliasField("heading", Note.class,"heading");
xstream.aliasField("output", Note.class,"body");
that will be in main(), in Note.java you will have to set @Field on getMethods(). also would be great to post your Note.java too
UPDATE:
ExportToXml.class
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.PrettyPrintWriter;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.StaxDriver;
public class ExportToXml {
public Note createNote() {
Note container = new Note();
container.setBody("Don't forget me this weekend!");
container.setFrom("Jeni");
container.setHeading("Reminder");
container.setTo("Tony");
return container;
}
public static void main(String[] args){
final XStream xstream = new XStream(new StaxDriver());
xstream.alias("MyCustomNote", Note.class);
xstream.aliasField("toAddress", Note.class,"to");
xstream.aliasField("fromName", Note.class,"from");
xstream.aliasField("heading", Note.class,"heading");
xstream.aliasField("output", Note.class,"body");
ExportToXml export = new ExportToXml();
Note firstNote = export.createNote();
final File file = new File("D:\\export.xml");
BufferedOutputStream stdout;
try {
stdout = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file));
} catch (final FileNotFoundException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
xstream.marshal(firstNote, new PrettyPrintWriter(
new OutputStreamWriter(stdout)));
}
}
Note.class
public class Note {
private String to;
private String from;
private String heading;
private String body;
public String getTo() {
return to;
}
public void setTo(String to) {
this.to = to;
}
public String getFrom() {
return from;
}
public void setFrom(String from) {
this.from = from;
}
public String getHeading() {
return heading;
}
public void setHeading(String heading) {
this.heading = heading;
}
public String getBody() {
return body;
}
public void setBody(String body) {
this.body = body;
}
the result will be export.xml
<MyCustomNote>
<toAddress>Tony</toAddress>
<fromName>Jeni</fromName>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<output>Don't forget me this weekend!</output>
</MyCustomNote>