How to deserialize multiple object with xStream

Question

i try to read multiple object with xStream

This is my XML file

<book>
   <title>abc</title>
   <author>A</author>
   <pagesCount>0</pagesCount>
</book><book>
   <title>qwe</title>
   <author>B</author>
   <pagesCount>0</pagesCount>
</book><book>
   <title>zxc</title>
   <author>C</author>
   <pagesCount>0</pagesCount>
</book>

With this code I can get onlY the first book, can you tell me how to read a code, with which i am able to read all objects(books)

XStream xstream = new XStream();
xstream.processAnnotations(Book.class);
Book a = (Book)xstream.fromXML(new File("a.xml"));

Answer 1

You can create a class Library:

public class Library {
    public List<Book> books = new ArrayList<Book>();
}

and modify your xml to fill that data:

<library>
    <books>
        <book>
            <title>abc</title>
            <author>A</author>
            <pagesCount>0</pagesCount>
        </book>
        <book>
            <title>qwe</title>
            <author>B</author>
            <pagesCount>0</pagesCount>
        </book>
        <book>
            <title>zxc</title>
            <author>C</author>
            <pagesCount>0</pagesCount>
        </book>
    </books>
</library>

And in your main:

public static void main(final String[] args) {

    final String xmlInput = "pathToYourFile";
    try {

        final XStream xstream = new XStream();
        xstream.alias("library", Library.class);
        xstream.alias("book", Book.class);
        final Library a = (Library) xstream.fromXML(new File(xmlInput));
        System.out.println(a);
    } catch (final Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}