Java serialized bean to xml

Question

How can i convert a Java Bean in a simple XML. I need a standard methed for alla object.

For example:

public Class Customers {
    public Class Person {
        private String name;

        public String getName() {
            return this.name;
        }
        public String setName(newName) {
            this.name = newName;
        }
    } //end Person class

    public String getPerson() {
         return this.Person;
    }
    public String setName(newPerson) {
        this.Person = newPerson;
    }
} //end Customers class

Instantiate by:

Customers customers = new Customers();
Person person = new Person();
person.setName("Siegfried");
customers.setPerson(person);

System.out.print(beanToXml(customers));

Xml Output:

<Customers>
    <Person>
        <name>Siegfried</name>
    </Person>
</Customers>

Answer 1

you can use JAXB for this, this is the perfect use case, all you need to do is annotate your bean.

Example here

Answer 2

You can use third party like XStream .It allows to save object to , and it does not need that object must be Serializable . We had similair problem in our company (class that cannot be modified and must be saved) and XStream helped us. Please look at: http://x-stream.github.io/tutorial.html for simple tutorial.