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Java: A platform for platforms
Sun's reorg may seem promising to shareholders but it's also a scramble for position. The question now is whether Sun can, or wants to, maintain its hold on Java technology. Especially with enterprise leaders like SpringSource and RedHat investing heavily in Java's future as a platform for platforms

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Discuss: Java: A platform for platforms?

import com.wutka.jox.*;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
public class BeanXMLMapping {
  /**
   *  Retrieves a bean object for the
   *  received XML and matching bean class
   */
  public static Object fromXML(String xml, Class className) {
    ByteArrayInputStream xmlData = new ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes());
    JOXBeanInputStream joxIn = new JOXBeanInputStream(xmlData);
    try {
      return (Object) joxIn.readObject(className);
    } catch (IOException exc) {
      exc.printStackTrace();
      return null;
    } finally {
      try {
        xmlData.close();
        joxIn.close();
      } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    }
  }
  /**
   *  Returns an XML document String for the received bean
   */
  public static String toXML(Object bean) {
    ByteArrayOutputStream xmlData = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    JOXBeanOutputStream joxOut = new JOXBeanOutputStream(xmlData);
    try {
      joxOut.writeObject(beanName(bean), bean);
      return xmlData.toString();
    } catch (IOException exc) {
      exc.printStackTrace();
      return null;
    } finally {
      try {
        xmlData.close();
        joxOut.close();
      } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
      }
    }
  }
  /**
   *  Find out the bean class name
   */
  private static String beanName(Object bean) {
    String fullClassName = bean.getClass().getName();
    String classNameTemp = fullClassName.substring(
        fullClassName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1,
        fullClassName.length()
        );
    return classNameTemp.substring(0, 1)
         + classNameTemp.substring(1);
  }
}