Groovy to XML and viceversa

[georgeajin]

Hi all,

Is it possible to convert a groovy pojo class into XML and viceversa using XML Converter in Grails. If so it would be very helpful if anyone could provide an example....



Regards

Ajin

 

[dave]

Sure you can use render any object as XML, try it out and see how you find the results.. e.g.

render someInstance as XML

Usually thought, I end up constructing my own XML as I don't like the autogenerated stuff....

Have a play around with the 'as' keyword.

def myXML = anObjectInstance as XML

then try converting back passing the XML into a constructer, e.g.

def newObject = new YourDomainClass(myXML)


Read up on Grails Converters : http://grails.org/Converters+Reference

 

[georgeajin]

Hi dave,

I tried that way, but its throwing exception as given below:-

org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.GroovyCastException: Cannot cast object 'app.Post@c0e844' with class 'app.Post' to class 'grails.converters.XML'
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.typehandling.DefaultTypeTransformation.castToType(DefaultTypeTransformation.java:340)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.asType(DefaultGroovyMethods.java:11584)


at this line
def xml1 = post as XML;


Regards

Ajin