org.deepfs.fsml.ser
Class FSMLSerializer

java.lang.Object
  org.deepfs.fsml.ser.FSMLSerializer

public final class FSMLSerializer
extends Object

DeepFile Serializer. Serializes DeepFiles in XML.

Author:

Workgroup DBIS, University of Konstanz 2005-10, ISC License, Bastian Lemke

Method Summary

static String	serialize(DeepFile deepFile) Serializes a DeepFile.
static String	serialize(File file, boolean root) Serializes a file without metadata and content.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

serialize

public static String serialize(DeepFile deepFile)
                        throws IOException

Serializes a DeepFile.

Parameters:

deepFile - the DeepFile to serialize

Returns:

the xml data as string

Throws:

IOException - if any error occurs

serialize

public static String serialize(File file,
                               boolean root)

Serializes a file without metadata and content.

Parameters:

file - the file to serialize

root - if true, a filesystem root is are created instead of a simple directory

Returns:

the xml data as string