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Magic with Merlin: Long-term persistence

Serialize JavaBean component state to XML

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Listing 1. Sample class definition

package net.zukowski.ibm;

import java.awt.Point;

public class Sample {
  private int[] scores;
  private String name;
  private Point seat;

  public void setScores(int[] value) {
    scores = value;
  }
  public void setScores(int value, int position) {
    scores[position] = value;
  }
  public int[] getScores() {
    return scores;
  }
  public int getScores(int position) {
    return scores[position];
  }

  public float getAverage() {
    float sum = 0;
    int count = scores.length;
    float avg;
    if (count == 0) {
      avg = -1;
    } else {
      for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        sum += scores[i];
      }
      avg = sum / count;
    }
    return avg;
  }

  public void setName(String value) {
    name = value;
  }
  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }

  public void setSeat(Point value) {
    seat = value;
  }
  public Point getSeat() {
    return seat;
  }

  public String toString() {
    return getClass().getName() + 
      "[scores=" + asString(scores) + 
      ",avg=" + getAverage() +
      ",name=" + name + 
      ",seat=" + seat + "]";
  }
  private String asString(int[] array) {
    StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer("[");
    for (int i=0, n=array.length; i < n; i++) {
      if (i != 0) {
        buffer.append(",");
      }
      buffer.append(array[i]);
    }
    buffer.append("]");
    return buffer.toString();
  }
}

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