Thanks for the reply Jörg, reading up the docs. Cheers.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Jörg Schaible <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > Carlos Ramos wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I'm looking for a java library that allows me to serialize/deserialize > > java beans to/from a custom text format that resembles json. I have been > > reading around the xstream site and the API looks incredibly nice and > > flexible. So > > I was wondering if maybe I could write my own xstream driver for this > > custom format of mine and use xstream for my task. > > > > So I have a few questions: > > > > 1- Does using xstream with a non-xml custom text based format makes > sense, > > or is xstream xml centric and should probably not be used for this?. > > XStream will also write/read JSON (with limits) and a custom "binary" > format: > > http://xstream.codehaus.org/json-tutorial.html > > > 2- If xstream is indeed an good choice for my task, has this been done > > before ?. Is there an example or documentation of using a custom format > ?. > > Basically you'll need a HerarchicalReader and HierarchicalWriter > implementation and a HierarchicalDriver that will create those two. Have a > look at the code of the BinaryStreamDriver and related files in the > com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.binary package. > > > 3- Does anyone knows of other libraries that could be used for this task > ? > > > > Thanks in advance for your time. > > Cheers, > Jörg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > > -- Carlos Ramos
