Sample4SerializeXStream.java

package com.freemindcafe.serialization.sample4;

import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.HierarchicalStreamDriver;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.ClassAliasingMapper;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.Mapper;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper.MapperWrapper;

/**
 * extends xstream and over rides mapper to use simple classname if the alias is not used.
 * @author KANAG00R
 *
 */
public class Sample4SerializeXStream extends XStream
{

    Sample4SerializeXStream(HierarchicalStreamDriver hierarchicalStreamDriver)
    {
        super(hierarchicalStreamDriver);

    }

    @Override
    protected MapperWrapper wrapMapper(MapperWrapper next) {
        return new ClassMapper(next);
    }

}

class ClassMapper extends ClassAliasingMapper
{

    public ClassMapper(Mapper wrapped) {
        super(wrapped);
    }

    @Override
    public String serializedClass(Class clazz) {
        if(clazz == null){
            return "null";
        }
        String name = super.serializedClass(clazz);
        if (clazz.getName().equals(name)) 
        {
            return clazz.getSimpleName();
        } else {
            return name;
        } 
    }                      
}