marshalling.md

Marshalling

Marshal

Marshalling is converting Objects (Plain Old Java Object) to a data format (JSON, XML etc)

POJO to JSON

.marshal().json(JsonLibrary.Jackson, DataType.class)    

.marshal(jacksonDataFormat)

.marshal(new JacksonDataFormat(DataType.class))

POJO to CSV

.marshal().bindy(BindyType.Csv, DataType.class)

POJO to XML

.marshal().jaxb(DataType.class)

Unmarshal

Unnarshalling is converting a data format (JSON, XML etc) to Objects (Plain Old Java Object)

JSON to POJO

.unmarshal().json(JsonLibrary.Jackson, DataType.class)

.unmarshal(jacksonDataFormat)

.unmarshal(new JacksonDataFormat(DataType.class))

CSV to POJO

.unmarshal().bindy(BindyType.Csv, DataType.class)

XML to POJO

.unmarshal().jaxb(DataType.class)

Conversion

Note for direct conversion between data format also Assimbly docconverter can be used.

See Example processor for code.