使用xStream实现xml与java对象之间的转换

在研究elchat的时候发现它使用了xStream将聊天信息保存到xml文件中。查看了他的源代码，发现使用起来比Digester方便快捷多了。以后保存对象又多了一件武器了 :D
elchat中读取xml转java对象以及持久化java对象到xml文件代码如下：
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static MessageDatabase load(String persistFile) {
MessageDatabase messageDatabase = null;
Reader reader = null;

try {
reader = new FileReader(persistFile);
XStream xstream = new XStream(new JDomDriver());
messageDatabase = (MessageDatabase) xstream.fromXML(reader);

// for upgrade
if (messageDatabase != null) {
messageDatabase.upgrade();
}
}
catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
;
}
finally {
if (reader != null) {
try {
reader.close();
}
catch (IOException ex) {
log.warn("Exception when closing reader", ex);
}
}
}

if (messageDatabase == null) {
messageDatabase = new MessageDatabase();
messageDatabase.setMessages(new LinkedList());
messageDatabase.setStickyMessages(new LinkedList());
}

messageDatabase.persistFile = persistFile;

return messageDatabase;
}
void persist() {
FileWriter writer = null;
try {
writer = new FileWriter(persistFile);
XStream xstream = new XStream();
xstream.toXML(this, writer);
}
catch (IOException ex) {
log.warn("fail to persist " + persistFile, ex);
}
finally {
if (writer != null) {
try {
writer.close();
}
catch (IOException ex) {
log.warn("Exception when closing writer", ex);
}
}
}
}
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xStream详见http://xstream.codehaus.org/