PluginSerializer.java

package org.ops4j.pax.construct.inherit;

/*
 * Copyright 2007 Stuart McCulloch
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 */

import java.io.IOException;

import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.Xpp3Dom;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.MXSerializer;
import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlSerializer;

/**
 * Customized XML serializer for plugin metadata
 */
public class PluginSerializer extends MXSerializer
{
    /**
     * Configures basic formatting rules
     */
    public PluginSerializer()
    {
        setProperty( PROPERTY_SERIALIZER_INDENTATION, "  " );
        setProperty( PROPERTY_SERIALIZER_LINE_SEPARATOR, System.getProperty( "line.separator" ) );
    }

    /**
     * Overrides method to hide internal attributes used in processing plugin metadata
     * 
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    public XmlSerializer attribute( String namespace, String name, String value )
        throws IOException
    {
        if( !Xpp3Dom.CHILDREN_COMBINATION_MODE_ATTRIBUTE.equals( name ) )
        {
            return super.attribute( namespace, name, value );
        }

        return this;
    }
}