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package org.apache.syncope.core.util;
import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLDecoder;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import org.apache.syncope.common.SyncopeConstants;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
/**
* Helper class for serialization and deserialization of configuration objects, empowering XStream.
*
* @see http://xstream.codehaus.org/
*/
public final class XMLSerializer {
private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(XMLSerializer.class);
public static String serialize(final Object object) {
String result = null;
XStream xstream = new XStream();
xstream.registerConverter(new GuardedStringConverter());
try {
result = URLEncoder.encode(xstream.toXML(object), SyncopeConstants.DEFAULT_ENCODING);
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
LOG.error("During serialization", e);
}
return result;
}
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static <T extends Object> T deserialize(final String serialized) {
T result = null;
XStream xstream = new XStream();
xstream.registerConverter(new GuardedStringConverter());
try {
result = (T) xstream.fromXML(URLDecoder.decode(serialized, SyncopeConstants.DEFAULT_ENCODING));
} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
LOG.error("During deserialization", e);
}
return result;
}
private XMLSerializer() {
}
}