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Deserializing a legacy XML structure in xstream

I'm trying to deserialize an xml structure that looks like this:

<somecontainer>
    <key1>Value1</key1>
    <key1>Value2</key1>
    <key2>Value3</key2>
    <key2>Value4</key2>
</somecontainer>

I can basically choose what kind if element to deserialize to, maybe something like a List of Pair or something. The essence here is that the element names are the keys.

And no, I cannot change the xml structure. Anyone know how to do this with xstream ?

Solution

  • I have found that a custom serializer is needed for this case, no way around it.

    Similarly

    <node attr1="xxx">value1</node>

    also needs a custom serializer.