Hi Martin,
Martin Renner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have to export a database into a XML file. As the objects contain BLOBs,
> I implemented a Converter for BLOBs:
>
> public void marshal(Object source, HierarchicalStreamWriter writer,
> MarshallingContext context) {
> Blob blob = (Blob) source;
> context.convertAnother(blob.getBytes(1, (int) blob.length()));
>
> This will read the whole BLOB into a byte array and delegate to
> EncodedByteArrayConverter. But the BLOBs are much too large to fit into
> the heap. So I have to find a way to stream this data (base64 encoded)
> into the output file.
>
> However, I can not find any method in HierarchicalStreamWriter which would
> allow to stream character data.
>
> As I already posted this question on the wrong list (dev instead of user,
> sorry),
Did you only read the top of my answer or also the the bottom with my hints
regarding setText() ... ;-) ?
> I got the hint to use Woodstox and its interface XMLStreamWriter2,
> which apparently would allow to stream data. But I have no idea, how I can
> get access to the underlying Woodstox writer inside of a Converter.
>
> In the above method, I can call "writer.underlyingWriter()", which returns
> an instance of StaxWriter. But this StaxWriter does not give access to its
> XMLStreamWriter.
>
> How is it possible to stream data from a Converter into the output?
Cheers,
Jörg
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