SerializeXStream.java

package com.freemindcafe.serialization;

import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.PureJavaReflectionProvider;
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 SerializeXStream extends XStream
{

    SerializeXStream(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) {
            String name = super.serializedClass(clazz);
            if (clazz.getName().equals(name)) 
            {
              return clazz.getSimpleName();
            } else {
              return name;
            } 
        }                      
}