Method toXml

CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/mapping/Mappers.java:157–169

(Object instance)

    /// Serializes `instance` to XML.
    public static String toXml(Object instance) {
        if (instance == null) {
            return "";
        }
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        Mapper<Object> m = (Mapper<Object>) BY_NAME.get(instance.getClass().getName());
        if (m == null) {
            throw missing(instance.getClass());
        }
        Element root = new Element(m.xmlRootName());
        m.writeXml(instance, root);
        return new XMLWriter(true).toXML(root);
    }

    /// Inverse of `#toXml`. Parses the XML text and hands the resulting
    /// Element to the registered mapper.