JAVA-MANI.BLOGSPOT.COM

import java.beans.*;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

public class BeanToXmlTransient {
private Long id;
private String itemName;
private String itemColour;
private Integer itemQuantities;

static {
try {
//
// In this block will change the attribute type of the itemQuantities
// to transient so it will be not serialized to xml when we use
// XMLEncode to convert the bean to xml persistence.
//
BeanInfo bi = Introspector.getBeanInfo(BeanToXmlTransient.class);
PropertyDescriptor[] pds = bi.getPropertyDescriptors();
for (int i = 0; i < pds.length; i++) {
PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor = pds[i];
if (propertyDescriptor.getName().equals("itemQuantities")) {
propertyDescriptor.setValue("transient", Boolean.TRUE);
}
}
} catch (IntrospectionException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
BeanToXmlTransient bean = new BeanToXmlTransient();
bean.setId(new Long(1));
bean.setItemName("T-Shirt");
bean.setItemColour("Dark Red");
bean.setItemQuantities(new Integer(100));

try {
XMLEncoder encoder = new XMLEncoder(new BufferedOutputStream(
new FileOutputStream("BeanTransient.xml")));

//
// Write an XML representation of the specified object to the output.
//
encoder.writeObject(bean);
encoder.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

public Long getId() {
return id;
}

public void setId(Long id) {
this.id = id;
}

public String getItemName() {
return itemName;
}

public void setItemName(String itemName) {
this.itemName = itemName;
}

public String getItemColour() {
return itemColour;
}

public void setItemColour(String itemColour) {
this.itemColour = itemColour;
}

public Integer getItemQuantities() {
return itemQuantities;
}

public void setItemQuantities(Integer itemQuantities) {
this.itemQuantities = itemQuantities;
}
}