Dom4JToByteArrayConverter (axon-data-protection-core 4.5.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- io.axoniq.dataprotection.serialization.xml.Dom4JToByteArrayConverter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContentTypeConverter<org.dom4j.Document,byte[]>
```
public class Dom4JToByteArrayConverter
extends Object
implements ContentTypeConverter<org.dom4j.Document,byte[]>
```
Converter that converts Dom4j Document instances to a byte array. The Document is written as XML string, and converted to bytes using the UTF-8 character set.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Allard Buijze

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Dom4JToByteArrayConverter()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`byte[]`	`convert(org.dom4j.Document original)`	Converts the given object into another.
`Class<org.dom4j.Document>`	`expectedSourceType()`	The expected type of input data.
`Class<byte[]>`	`targetType()`	The returned type of IntermediateRepresentation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Dom4JToByteArrayConverter
```
public Dom4JToByteArrayConverter()
```
- Method Detail
  - expectedSourceType
```
public Class<org.dom4j.Document> expectedSourceType()
```
    Description copied from interface: ContentTypeConverter
    
    The expected type of input data.
    
    Specified by:
    
    expectedSourceType in interface ContentTypeConverter<org.dom4j.Document,byte[]>
    
    Returns:
    
    the expected data format in IntermediateRepresentation
  - targetType
```
public Class<byte[]> targetType()
```
    Description copied from interface: ContentTypeConverter
    
    The returned type of IntermediateRepresentation
    
    Specified by:
    
    targetType in interface ContentTypeConverter<org.dom4j.Document,byte[]>
    
    Returns:
    
    the output data format in IntermediateRepresentation
  - convert
```
public byte[] convert(org.dom4j.Document original)
```
    Description copied from interface: ContentTypeConverter
    
    Converts the given object into another. Typically, these values are contained by a SerializedObject instance.
    
    Specified by:
    
    convert in interface ContentTypeConverter<org.dom4j.Document,byte[]>
    
    Parameters:
    
    original - the value to convert
    
    Returns:
    
    the converted value