Saving Java Object Graphs as XML file

Question

What\'s the simplest-to-use techonlogy available to save an arbitrary Java object graph as an XML file (and to be able to rehydrate the objects later)?

Answer 1

XStream by the folks at Thoughtworks has a simple API and even deals with things like duplicate and circular references. It seems to be actively developed and is well documented.

http://x-stream.github.io/