XStream-XML to Object

XStream-XML to Object

xstream-xmlToObject/.project

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>xstream-xmlToObject</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>

xstream-xmlToObject/data-file-alias-field-complex.xml

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+<customer>
+  <firstName>XStream</firstName>
+  <lastName>Java</lastName>
+  <dob>1986-02-14 04:14:05.874 UTC</dob>
+  <contactDetailsList>
+    <ContactDetails contactType="Home">
+      <mobile>6673543265</mobile>
+      <landline>0124-2460311</landline>
+    </ContactDetails>
+    <ContactDetails contactType="Office">
+      <mobile>4676543565</mobile>
+      <landline>0120-223312</landline>
+    </ContactDetails>
+  </contactDetailsList>
+</customer>

xstream-xmlToObject/data-file-alias-field.xml

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+<customer>
+  <fn>XStream</fn>
+  <lastName>Java</lastName>
+  <dob>1986-02-14 03:46:16.381 UTC</dob>
+</customer>

xstream-xmlToObject/data-file-alias-implicit-collection.xml

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+<customer>
+  <firstName>XStream</firstName>
+  <lastName>Java</lastName>
+  <dob>1986-02-14 04:14:20.541 UTC</dob>
+  <ContactDetails contactType="Home">
+    <mobile>6673543265</mobile>
+    <landline>0124-2460311</landline>
+  </ContactDetails>
+  <ContactDetails contactType="Office">
+    <mobile>4676543565</mobile>
+    <landline>0120-223312</landline>
+  </ContactDetails>
+</customer>

xstream-xmlToObject/data-file-alias.xml

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+<customer>
+  <firstName>XStream</firstName>
+  <lastName>Java</lastName>
+  <dob>1986-02-14 03:46:16.381 UTC</dob>
+</customer>

xstream-xmlToObject/data-file-ignore-field.xml

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+<customer>
+  <firstName>XStream</firstName>
+  <lastName>Java</lastName>
+  <dob>1986-02-14 04:14:20.541 UTC</dob>
+  <fullName>XStream Java</fullName>
+</customer>

xstream-xmlToObject/data-file.xml

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+<com.baeldung.pojo.Customer>
+  <firstName>XStream</firstName>
+  <lastName>Java</lastName>
+  <dob>1986-02-14 03:46:16.381 UTC</dob>
+</com.baeldung.pojo.Customer>

xstream-xmlToObject/pom.xml

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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+  <artifactId>xstream-xmlToObject</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>xstream-xmlToObject</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId>
+			<artifactId>xstream</artifactId>
+			<version>1.4.5</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.12</version>
+		</dependency>
+		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2.17</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+</project>

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/pojo/Customer.java

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+package com.baeldung.annotation.pojo;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias;
+
+@XStreamAlias("customer")
+public class Customer {
+
+	@XStreamAlias("fn")
+	private String firstName;
+
+	private String lastName;
+
+	private Date dob;
+
+	public String getFirstName() {
+		return firstName;
+	}
+
+	public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+		this.firstName = firstName;
+	}
+
+	public String getLastName() {
+		return lastName;
+	}
+
+	public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+		this.lastName = lastName;
+	}
+
+	public Date getDob() {
+		return dob;
+	}
+
+	public void setDob(Date dob) {
+		this.dob = dob;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Customer [firstName=" + firstName + ", lastName=" + lastName
+				+ ", dob=" + dob + "]";
+	}
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/java/com/baeldung/annotation/pojo/CustomerOmitField.java

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+package com.baeldung.annotation.pojo;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamOmitField;
+
+
+@XStreamAlias("customer")
+public class CustomerOmitField {
+
+	@XStreamOmitField
+	private String firstName;
+
+	private String lastName;
+
+	private Date dob;
+	
+	public String getFirstName() {
+		return firstName;
+	}
+
+	public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+		this.firstName = firstName;
+	}
+
+	public String getLastName() {
+		return lastName;
+	}
+
+	public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+		this.lastName = lastName;
+	}
+
+	public Date getDob() {
+		return dob;
+	}
+
+	public void setDob(Date dob) {
+		this.dob = dob;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "CustomerOmitAnnotation [firstName=" + firstName + ", lastName="
+				+ lastName + ", dob=" + dob + "]";
+	}
+
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/java/com/baeldung/complex/pojo/ContactDetails.java

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+package com.baeldung.complex.pojo;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAsAttribute;
+
+@XStreamAlias("ContactDetails")
+public class ContactDetails {
+
+	private String mobile;
+
+	private String landline;
+	
+	@XStreamAsAttribute
+	private String contactType;
+
+	public String getMobile() {
+		return mobile;
+	}
+
+	public void setMobile(String mobile) {
+		this.mobile = mobile;
+	}
+
+	public String getLandline() {
+		return landline;
+	}
+
+	public void setLandline(String landline) {
+		this.landline = landline;
+	}
+
+	public String getContactType() {
+		return contactType;
+	}
+
+	public void setContactType(String contactType) {
+		this.contactType = contactType;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "ContactDetails [mobile=" + mobile + ", landline=" + landline
+				+ ", contactType=" + contactType + "]";
+	}
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/java/com/baeldung/complex/pojo/Customer.java

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+package com.baeldung.complex.pojo;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias;
+
+@XStreamAlias("customer")
+public class Customer {
+
+	private String firstName;
+
+	private String lastName;
+
+	private Date dob;
+	
+	private List<ContactDetails> contactDetailsList;
+
+	public String getFirstName() {
+		return firstName;
+	}
+
+	public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+		this.firstName = firstName;
+	}
+
+	public String getLastName() {
+		return lastName;
+	}
+
+	public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+		this.lastName = lastName;
+	}
+
+	public Date getDob() {
+		return dob;
+	}
+
+	public void setDob(Date dob) {
+		this.dob = dob;
+	}
+
+	public List<ContactDetails> getContactDetailsList() {
+		return contactDetailsList;
+	}
+
+	public void setContactDetailsList(List<ContactDetails> contactDetailsList) {
+		this.contactDetailsList = contactDetailsList;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Customer [firstName=" + firstName + ", lastName=" + lastName
+				+ ", dob=" + dob + ", contactDetailsList=" + contactDetailsList
+				+ "]";
+	}
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/java/com/baeldung/implicit/collection/pojo/ContactDetails.java

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+package com.baeldung.implicit.collection.pojo;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAsAttribute;
+
+@XStreamAlias("ContactDetails")
+public class ContactDetails {
+
+	private String mobile;
+
+	private String landline;
+	
+	@XStreamAsAttribute
+	private String contactType;
+
+	public String getMobile() {
+		return mobile;
+	}
+
+	public void setMobile(String mobile) {
+		this.mobile = mobile;
+	}
+
+	public String getLandline() {
+		return landline;
+	}
+
+	public void setLandline(String landline) {
+		this.landline = landline;
+	}
+
+	public String getContactType() {
+		return contactType;
+	}
+
+	public void setContactType(String contactType) {
+		this.contactType = contactType;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "ContactDetails [mobile=" + mobile + ", landline=" + landline
+				+ ", contactType=" + contactType + "]";
+	}
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/java/com/baeldung/implicit/collection/pojo/Customer.java

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+package com.baeldung.implicit.collection.pojo;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamImplicit;
+
+@XStreamAlias("customer")
+public class Customer {
+
+	private String firstName;
+
+	private String lastName;
+
+	private Date dob;
+	
+	@XStreamImplicit
+	private List<ContactDetails> contactDetailsList;
+
+	public String getFirstName() {
+		return firstName;
+	}
+
+	public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+		this.firstName = firstName;
+	}
+
+	public String getLastName() {
+		return lastName;
+	}
+
+	public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+		this.lastName = lastName;
+	}
+
+	public Date getDob() {
+		return dob;
+	}
+
+	public void setDob(Date dob) {
+		this.dob = dob;
+	}
+
+	public List<ContactDetails> getContactDetailsList() {
+		return contactDetailsList;
+	}
+
+	public void setContactDetailsList(List<ContactDetails> contactDetailsList) {
+		this.contactDetailsList = contactDetailsList;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Customer [firstName=" + firstName + ", lastName=" + lastName
+				+ ", dob=" + dob + ", contactDetailsList=" + contactDetailsList
+				+ "]";
+	}
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/java/com/baeldung/initializer/SimpleXstreamInitializer.java

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+package com.baeldung.initializer;
+
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+
+public class SimpleXstreamInitializer {
+
+	private static XStream xtreamInstance;
+
+	public static XStream getXstreamInstance() {
+		if (xtreamInstance == null) {
+			synchronized (SimpleXstreamInitializer.class) {
+				if (xtreamInstance == null) {
+					xtreamInstance = new XStream();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return xtreamInstance;
+	}
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pojo/Customer.java

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+package com.baeldung.pojo;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+public class Customer {
+
+	private String firstName;
+
+	private String lastName;
+
+	private Date dob;
+
+	public String getFirstName() {
+		return firstName;
+	}
+
+	public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+		this.firstName = firstName;
+	}
+
+	public String getLastName() {
+		return lastName;
+	}
+
+	public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+		this.lastName = lastName;
+	}
+
+	public Date getDob() {
+		return dob;
+	}
+
+	public void setDob(Date dob) {
+		this.dob = dob;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "Customer [firstName=" + firstName + ", lastName=" + lastName
+				+ ", dob=" + dob + "]";
+	}
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/java/com/baeldung/utility/SimpleDataGeneration.java

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+package com.baeldung.utility;
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+
+import com.baeldung.pojo.Customer;
+
+public class SimpleDataGeneration {
+
+	public static Customer generateData() {
+		Customer customer = new Customer();
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		cal.set(1986 , 01 , 14);
+		customer.setDob(cal.getTime());
+		customer.setFirstName("Xstream");
+		customer.setLastName("Java");
+		
+		return customer;
+	}
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/main/resources/log4j.properties

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+# Root logger option
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, file
+
+# Redirect log messages to console
+# log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+# log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
+# log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+# log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
+
+# Redirect log messages to a log file, support file rolling.
+log4j.appender.file=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.file.File=D:\\Test\\xstream-application.log
+log4j.appender.file.MaxFileSize=5MB
+log4j.appender.file.MaxBackupIndex=10
+log4j.appender.file.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.file.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n

xstream-xmlToObject/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pojo/test/ComplexXmlToObjectAnnotationTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.pojo.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.complex.pojo.Customer;
+import com.baeldung.initializer.SimpleXstreamInitializer;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+
+public class ComplexXmlToObjectAnnotationTest {
+	
+	private XStream xstream = null;
+
+	@Before
+	public void dataSetup() {
+		xstream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
+		xstream.processAnnotations(Customer.class);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void convertXmlToObjectFromFile() {
+		try {
+			FileReader reader = new FileReader(new File("data-file-alias-field-complex.xml"));
+			Customer customer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(reader);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer.getContactDetailsList());
+			
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} 
+	}
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pojo/test/ComplexXmlToObjectAttributeCollectionTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.pojo.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.implicit.collection.pojo.ContactDetails;
+import com.baeldung.implicit.collection.pojo.Customer;
+import com.baeldung.initializer.SimpleXstreamInitializer;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+
+public class ComplexXmlToObjectAttributeCollectionTest {
+	
+	private XStream xstream = null;
+
+	@Before
+	public void dataSetup() {
+		xstream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
+		xstream.processAnnotations(Customer.class);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void convertXmlToObjectFromFile() {
+		try {
+			FileReader reader = new FileReader(new File("data-file-alias-implicit-collection.xml"));
+			Customer customer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(reader);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer.getContactDetailsList());
+			for(ContactDetails contactDetails : customer.getContactDetailsList()){
+				Assert.assertNotNull(contactDetails.getContactType());
+			}
+			
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} 
+	}
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pojo/test/ComplexXmlToObjectCollectionTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.pojo.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.implicit.collection.pojo.Customer;
+import com.baeldung.initializer.SimpleXstreamInitializer;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+
+public class ComplexXmlToObjectCollectionTest {
+	
+	private XStream xstream = null;
+
+	@Before
+	public void dataSetup() {
+		xstream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
+		xstream.processAnnotations(Customer.class);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void convertXmlToObjectFromFile() {
+		try {
+			FileReader reader = new FileReader(new File("data-file-alias-implicit-collection.xml"));
+			Customer customer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(reader);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer.getContactDetailsList());
+			System.out.println(customer);
+			
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} 
+	}
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pojo/test/XmlToObjectAliasTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.pojo.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.initializer.SimpleXstreamInitializer;
+import com.baeldung.pojo.Customer;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+
+public class XmlToObjectAliasTest {
+	
+	private XStream xstream = null;
+
+	@Before
+	public void dataSetup() {
+		xstream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
+		xstream.alias("customer" , Customer.class);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void convertXmlToObjectFromFile() {
+		try {
+			FileReader reader = new FileReader(new File("data-file-alias.xml"));
+			Customer customer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(reader);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer);
+			
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} 
+	}
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pojo/test/XmlToObjectAnnotationTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.pojo.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.annotation.pojo.Customer;
+import com.baeldung.initializer.SimpleXstreamInitializer;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+
+public class XmlToObjectAnnotationTest {
+	
+	private XStream xstream = null;
+
+	@Before
+	public void dataSetup() {
+		xstream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
+		xstream.processAnnotations(Customer.class);
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void convertXmlToObjectFromFile() {
+		try {
+			FileReader reader = new FileReader(new File("data-file-alias-field.xml"));
+			Customer customer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(reader);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer.getFirstName());
+			
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} 
+	}
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pojo/test/XmlToObjectFieldAliasTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.pojo.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.initializer.SimpleXstreamInitializer;
+import com.baeldung.pojo.Customer;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+
+public class XmlToObjectFieldAliasTest {
+	
+	private XStream xstream = null;
+
+	@Before
+	public void dataSetup() {
+		xstream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
+		xstream.alias("customer" , Customer.class);
+		xstream.aliasField("fn", Customer.class, "firstName");
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void convertXmlToObjectFromFile() {
+		try {
+			FileReader reader = new FileReader(new File("data-file-alias-field.xml"));
+			Customer customer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(reader);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer.getFirstName());
+			
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} 
+	}
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pojo/test/XmlToObjectIgnoreFieldsTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.pojo.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.initializer.SimpleXstreamInitializer;
+import com.baeldung.pojo.Customer;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+
+public class XmlToObjectIgnoreFieldsTest {
+	
+	private XStream xstream = null;
+
+	@Before
+	public void dataSetup() {
+		xstream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
+		xstream.alias("customer" , Customer.class);
+		xstream.ignoreUnknownElements();
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void convertXmlToObjectFromFile() {
+		try {
+			FileReader reader = new FileReader(new File("data-file-ignore-field.xml"));
+			Customer customer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(reader);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer);
+			System.out.println(customer);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} 
+	}
+
+}

xstream-xmlToObject/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pojo/test/XmlToObjectTest.java

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+package com.baeldung.pojo.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.initializer.SimpleXstreamInitializer;
+import com.baeldung.pojo.Customer;
+import com.baeldung.utility.SimpleDataGeneration;
+import com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream;
+
+public class XmlToObjectTest {
+	
+	private XStream xstream = null;
+
+	@Before
+	public void dataSetup() {
+		xstream = SimpleXstreamInitializer.getXstreamInstance();
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void convertXmlToObjectFromFile() {
+		try {
+			FileReader reader = new FileReader(new File("data-file.xml"));
+			Customer customer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(reader);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(customer);
+			
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		} 
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void convertXmlToObjectFromString() {
+		Customer customer = SimpleDataGeneration.generateData();
+		String dataXml = xstream.toXML(customer);
+		Customer convertedCustomer = (Customer) xstream.fromXML(dataXml);
+		Assert.assertNotNull(convertedCustomer);
+	}
+	
+
+}