/// <summary>
/// This <c>readAttributes</c> method reads the attributes from
/// the provided XML element. This will iterate over all attributes
/// within the element and convert those attributes as primitives to
/// contact values within the source object.
/// <p>
/// Once all attributes within the XML element have been evaluated
/// the <c>Schema</c> is checked to ensure that there are no
/// required contacts annotated with the <c>Attribute</c> that
/// remain. If any required attribute remains an exception is thrown.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="node">
/// this is the XML element to be evaluated
/// </param>
/// <param name="source">
/// the type of the object that is being deserialized
/// </param>
/// <param name="schema">
/// this is used to visit the attribute contacts
/// </param>
public void ReadAttributes(InputNode node, Object source, Schema schema) {
NodeMap<InputNode> list = node.getAttributes();
LabelMap map = schema.getAttributes();
for(String name : list) {
ReadAttribute(node.GetAttribute(name), source, map);
}
Validate(node, map, source);
}
/// <summary>
/// This <c>validateAttributes</c> method validates the attributes
/// from the provided XML element. This will iterate over all attributes
/// within the element and validate those attributes as primitives to
/// contact values within the source object.
/// <p>
/// Once all attributes within the XML element have been evaluated the
/// <c>Schema</c> is checked to ensure that there are no required
/// contacts annotated with the <c>Attribute</c> that remain. If
/// any required attribute remains an exception is thrown.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="node">
/// this is the XML element to be validated
/// </param>
/// <param name="schema">
/// this is used to visit the attribute contacts
/// </param>
public void ValidateAttributes(InputNode node, Schema schema) {
NodeMap<InputNode> list = node.getAttributes();
LabelMap map = schema.getAttributes();
for(String name : list) {
ValidateAttribute(node.GetAttribute(name), map);
}
Validate(node, map);
}
/// <summary>
/// This write method is used to write all the attribute contacts from
/// the provided source object to the XML element. This visits all
/// the contacts marked with the <c>Attribute</c> annotation in
/// the source object. All annotated contacts are written as attributes
/// to the XML element. This will throw an exception if a required
/// contact within the source object is null.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="source">
/// this is the source object to be serialized
/// </param>
/// <param name="node">
/// this is the XML element to write attributes to
/// </param>
/// <param name="schema">
/// this is used to track the referenced attributes
/// </param>
public void WriteAttributes(OutputNode node, Object source, Schema schema) {
LabelMap attributes = schema.getAttributes();
for(Label label : attributes) {
Contact contact = label.getContact();
Object value = contact.Get(source);
if(value == null) {
value = label.getEmpty(context);
}
if(value == null && label.isRequired()) {
throw new AttributeException("Value for %s is null", label);
}
WriteAttribute(node, value, label);
}
}