Serialization problem with Enums at Android

Question

I\'m using XStream to serialize some objects to XML, and am facing a problem with Enums. The exception I get when I try to serialize the object: \"ObjectAccessException: inv

Answer 1

You can just register EnumConverter() from xstream package.

xml.registerConverter(new EnumConverter());

Answer 2

Pintac's answer still contains a bug. It still does not use the name() method, according to Java spec. After a thread at XStream mailing list, the bug was fixed in any release greater 1.3.1. Please see the thread "Enum on Android" at the mailing list.

The fixed version:

   class FixedEnumSingleValueConverter extends EnumSingleValueConverter {
      FixedEnumSingleValueConverter(Class eType) {
        super(eType);
      }

      public toString(Object obj) {
        return Enum.class.cast(obj).name();
      }
    }

    xstream.registerConverter(new FixedEnumSingleValueConverter(Sample.class));

It was from the developer of XStream.

Answer 3

The only way i could find to get around this is to create a AbstractSingleValueConverter for enums and then register it with xstream.

public class SingleValueEnumConverter extends AbstractSingleValueConverter
{
    private final Class enumType;

    public SingleValueEnumConverter(Class type)
    {
        this.enumType = type;
    }

    public boolean canConvert(Class c)
    {
        return c.equals(enumType);
    }

    public Object fromString(String value)
    {
        return Enum.valueOf(enumType, value);
    }
}

Use

XStream xml = new XStream();
xml.registerConverter(new SingleValueEnumConverter([ENUM].class));